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WHICH  WERE  CONSIDERED  BY  THE 

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Missouri  Legislature 

With  a  Record  of  the  Members  of  the  House  and 
Senate  on  Labor  Measures  Presented  by  and 
at  the  Request  of  Organized  Labor* 


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OFFICERS  JOINT  LABOR  LEGISLATIVE  BOARD* 

H.  W.  STEINBISS,  Building  Trades  Council,  St.  Louis,  President. 

J.  H.  GEORGE,  Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen,  Marceline,  Vice 

President. 

CHARLES  W.  FEAR,  Missouri  Federation  of  Labor,  1112  Locust  St., 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Secretary-Treasurer. 


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Legislative  Report. 


Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  March  16,  1907. 

The  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  of  Missouri,  in  regular  session  as¬ 
sembled,  in  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  this  16th  day  of  March,  1907,  approved  the 
following  report  and  authorized  the  officers  of  the  Joint  Legislative  Board 
to  issue  the  report  to  organized  labor  of  the  State  of  Missouri. 

H.  W.  STEINBISS,  President. 

J.  H.  GEORGE,  Vice-President, 
CHARLES  W.  FEAR,  Secretary-Treasurer. 


Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  March  16,  1907. 

To  Organized  Labor  of  Missouri: 

The  representatives  of  organized  labor  present  in  Jefferson  City  to 
take  care  of  labor  measures  to  be  presented  to  the  Forty-fourth  General 
Assembly,  met  in  conference  in  the  City  Hall  of  Jefferson  City  on  the  even¬ 
ing  of  January  8th,  1907.  After  considerable  discussion  it  was  unanimously 
decided  to  form  a  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  of  the  State  of  Missouri. 
H.  W.  Steinbiss,  painter,  St.  Louis,  was  chosen  president;  J.  H.  George, 
railway  trainman,  Marceline,  vice  president,  and  Charles  W.  Fear,  printer, 
Kansas  City,  was  chosen  secretary-treasurer. 

The  conference  committee  authorized  a  committee  composed  of  Thomas 
J.  Sheridan,  William  Holman  and  J.  H.  George  to  draw  up  a  general  plan 
for  the  government  of  the  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board.  The  committee 
drew  up  the  following  agreement,  which  was  presented  to  the  members  of 
the  conference  committee  and  unanimously  adopted  as  the  sense  of  the 
members: 

Whereas,  The  representatives  of  organized  labor,  assembled  in  Jeffer¬ 
son  Ctiy  for  legislative  purposes,  deem  it  necessary  to  organize  a  joint 
conference  board  to  assist  one  another  in  securing  the  enactment  of  labor 
laws;  and 

Whereas,  The  legislative  interests  of  organized  wage  earners  can  be 
served  best  by  their  representatives  exchanging  ideas,  gathering  and  im¬ 
parting  information  one  to  the  other;  and  by  them  giving  due  consideration 
and  thought  to  the  legislative  demands  made  by  each  organization;  therefore 

Be  It  Resolved,  That  we,  the  undersigned  representatives  of  the  labor 
organizations  named  below  do  organize  a  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  of 
the  State  of  Missouri  for  the  aforesaid  purposes. 

The  officers  of  the  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  of  the  State  of  Mis¬ 
souri  shall  consist  of  a  chairman,  vice-chairman  and  secretary-treasurer. 
The  outgoing  secretary-treasurer  shall  turn  over  the  records  to  his  succes¬ 
sor  in  office  and  make  a  complete  report  of  the  work  done;  he  shall  also 
turn  over  the  funds  that  are  in  the  treasury. 

>  This  Board  shall  hold  meetings  daily  at  eight  o’clock  p.  m.  to  review 

the  work  done  and  to  outline  the  work  for  the  following  day;  and  to 
transact  such  other  business  as  may  be  necessary. 

All  regularly  authorized  labor  representatives,  present  at  the  first  meet¬ 
ing,  and  such  other  representatives  as  may  arrive  later,  are  invited  to  join 
the  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  of  Missouri. 

The  Board  requests  that  all  labor  measures  be  presented  to  the  Board 
for  its  consideration  and  record. 

The  secretary  of  the  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  will  keep  an  exact 


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A  bill  to  provide  for  the  revoking  of  the  license  of  any  foreign  or  non¬ 
resident  railway  corporation,  or  any  other  foreign  or  non-resident 
corporation  of  whatever  kind  to  do  business  in  this  state  whenever 
such  corporation  shall  remove  to  or  bring  certain  suits  or  proceedings  in 
any  Federal  court  to  provide  a  penalty  on  any  such  corporation^  for  doirffe, 
attempting  to  do,  or  holding  itself  out  to  do  business  in  this  state  after  its 
license  or  authority  has  been  revoked  and  to  provide  a  penalty  upon  any  per¬ 
son  or  persons  acting  in  this  state  as  agent,  servant,  employee  or  officer  of 
any  such  corporation  after  its  license  or  authority  has  been  revoked,  §,nd  ' 
to  prevent  any  such  corporation  from  doing  or  attempting  to  do  business  in 
this  state  without  first  obtaining  a  license,  permit  or  certificate  of  authority 
therefor. 

The  passage  of  a  joint  and  concurrent  resolution  submitting  to  the 
voters  of  the  state  a  Constitutional  Amendment  for  Direct  Legislation  " 
Through  the  Initiative  and  Referendum. 

A  bill  to  provide  for  the  safety  of  railroad  employees  and  other  persons 
by  requiring  all  switches,  frogs  and  guard  rails  on  railroads  in  state  to  be 
properly  blocked  or  filled  in  all  yards,  divisional  and  terminal  stations  and 
where  trains  are  made  up;  prescribing  a  penalty  for  failure  to  conform  to 
said  requirement  and  also  providing  that  defense  of  contributory  negli¬ 
gence  shall  not  be  available  in  actions  for  death,  maiming  or  injuries  caused 
by  non-compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

A  bill  to  rehabilitate  the  State  Board  of  Arbitration  and  Mediation  by 
placing  $5,000  to  the  credit  of  the  Arbitration  and  Mediation  Board  for  the 
salary  of  board  members  and  expenses  while  on  duty. 

MEASURES  SUPPORTED  WHICH  ALSO  PASSED. 

A  bill  providing  for  an  eight-hour  platoon  system  for  St.  Louis  police. 

A  bill  to  increase  the  appropriation  for  the  Buerau  of  Labor  Statistics. 

A  bill  to  set  aside  a  portion  of  the  earnings  of  convicts  in  the  peniten¬ 
tiary  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging  discharged  convicts  to  seek  employ¬ 
ment  after  their  release  from  the  penitentiary. 

MEASURES  AMENDED  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF  WAGE  EARNERS. 

A  bill  known  as  the  Conspiracy  Act,  which  if  enacted  in  its  original 
form  would  have  included  all  labor  organizations  in  this  state. 

MEASURES  OPPOSED  AND  DEFEATED. 

A  bill  requiring  that  all  citizens  between  the  age  of  21  and  60  years  of 
age  should  pay  a  poll  tax  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  and  exhibit  a  receipt 
for  the  payment  thereof  before  being  allowed  to  vote. 

A  bill  permitting  the  appointment  of  railroad  police. 

A  bill  to  repeal  the  Barbers’  Examining  Board  law. 

A  bill  to  establish  an  examining  board  for  licensing  electrical  contrac¬ 
tors  and  providing  regulations  for  persons  or  firms  engaging  in  business. 

A  bill  to  prohibit  the  willful  and  malicious  injury  of  property.  Believ¬ 
ing  the  measures  to  be  directly  aimed  at  organized  labor  and  that  the 
latter’s  enemies  would  take  undue  advantage  of  the  law  if  enacted. 

MEASURES  INTRODUCED  WHICH  FAILED  TO  PASS. 

A  bill  regulating  the  use  of  hoists,  stays,  scaffolds  and  stages,  and 
providing  penalty  for  violation. 

A  bill  making  it  a  penalty  for  any  superintendent  or  trainmaster  to 
give  written,  printed  or  verbal  instructions  requiring  brakemen  or  other 
employes  to  ride  on  top  of  trains  at  any  designated  point  or  points. 

A  bill  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  an  inspector  to  inspect  safety 
appliances  on  railway  locomotives,  tenders,  cars  and  all  safety  devices 
thereof;  also  providing  salary  and  expenses  for  the  same. 

A  bill  to  protect  the  lives  of  railway  employes  and  traveling  public, 
to  prevent  rear  end  collisions  by  prescribing  the  number  and  qualification 
of  the  crew  necessary  to  operate  any  freight  train  and  providing  penalty 
for  violation. 


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A  bill  holding  corporations  liable  regardless  of  the  contracts  exacted  of 
their  employees. 

A  bill  providing  a  legal  week  and  work  month  for  all  employes. 

A  bill  to  revise  the  factory  inspection  law. 

*'  BILLS  INTRODUCED  BUT  FAILED  OF  PASSAGE. 

A  bill  defining  the  liabilities  of  mine  operators  in  relation  to  damages 
sustained  by  their  employes,  and  to  define  who  are  fellow-servants  and  who 
are  not  fellow-servants. 

BILLS  ADVOCATED  BUT  FAILED  OF  PASSAGE. 

A  bill  to  require  that  the  court  which  granted  a  temporary  injunction 
shall  grant  a  hearing  not  later  than  five  days  from  date  of  such  temporary 
injunction. 

A  bill  to  create  a  State  Board  of  Examiners  of  Architects  to  license  and 
regulate  practice  of  architects.' 

A  bill  to  establish  a  steel  bridge  plant  for  state  use  only  in  the  peni¬ 
tentiary,  which  passed  the  Senate  but  died  on  the  House  calendar  with  the 
cldsing  of  the  session.  This  bill  carried  an  appropriation  of  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  to  cover  cost  of  such  plant. 


Detail  Record  of  Labor  Legislation  of  the  Forty= 
Fourth  General  Assembly  of  Missouri. 

The  following  is  a  complete  record  of  the  labor  bills  introduced,  the 
action  taken  on  the  measures  and  the  official  vote  of  the  Senators  and  Rep¬ 
resentatives  thereon. 

RAILROAD  TELEGRAPHERS’  EIGHT-HOUR  BILL. 

An  act  relating  to  telegraph  operators  and  train  dispatchers  in  the  state 
of  Missouri,  and  providing  an  eight-hour  day  for  such  labors,  with  penalty 
for  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  as 
follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  corporation  or  receiver  operating 
a  line  of  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part,  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  or  any 
officer,  agent  or  representative  of  such  corporation  or  receiver,  to  require 
or  permit  any  telegraph  or  telephone  operator,  who  spaces  trains  by  the 
use  of  the  telegraph  or  telephone,  under  what  is  known  and  termed  the 
“block  system”  (defined  as  follows) :  Reporting  trains  to  another  office  or 
offices,  or  to  a  train  dispatcher  or  telephone  leverman  who  manipulates 
interlocking  machines  in  railroad  yards  or  on  main  tracks  out  on  the  lines 
connecting  sidetracks  or  switches,  or  train  dispatchers  in  its  service,  whose 
duties  substantially,  as  hereinbefore  set  forth,  pertain  to  the  movement  of 
cars,  engines  or  trains  on  its  railroad  by  the  use  of  the  telegraph  or  tele¬ 
phone  in  dispatching  or  reporting  trains  or  receiving  or  transmitting  train 
orders,  as  interpreted  in  this  section,  to  be  on  duty  for  more  than  eight 
hours  in  a  day  of  twenty-four  hours,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  that  eight 
hours  shall  constitute  a  day  of  employment  for  all  laborers  or  employes 
engaged  in  the  kind  of  labor  aforesaid. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  company  or  corporation,  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall,  on  conviction, 
be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars. 

The  above  bill  was  introduced  on  January  8th  by  Representative  Lump¬ 
kin  of  Pulaski,  and  a  similar  bill  was  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Senator 
Jno.  L.  Bradley  on  the  same  date. 

This  bill  was  the  most  bitterly  opposed  of  any  of  the  labor  measures. 
Representatives  of  the  railroads  of  the  state  forced  repeated  continuances 
of  the  committee  hearings.  At  one  hearing  twenty-eight  different  railroad 
rpresentatives  from  seventeen  different  railroads  of  the  state  were  present. 
Despite  opposition  of  both  the  House  and  Senate  Labor  Committees,  combined 
with  the  united  railroad  forces,  the  bill  was  reported  out  for  passage  in 


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the  House  January  30th,  and  the  Senate  bill  was  reported  without  recom¬ 
mendation  on  February  6th. 

The  Joint  Labor  Legislative  board  received  information  which  warrants 
them  in  stating  to  organized  labor  of  the  State  of  Missouri  that  Steele  Camp¬ 
bell  of  Springfield,  chairman  of  the  Labor  Committee  of  the  House,  Fran^ 
Farris  of  Crawford  County,  and  Robert  Lucks  of  St.  Louis,  all  of  the 
House  committee,  endeavored  to  kill  the  bill  in  the  committee.  Even  worse 
than  the  action  of  these  members  of  the  House  committee  was  the  action  of 
Senators  Thos.  E.  Kinney,  Peter  Anderson  and  J.  J.  Prendergrast,  all  of  St. 
Louis.  While  these  Senators  had  pledged  themselves  to  support  this  meas¬ 
ure,  in  reality  they  endeavored  to  defeat  it  in  committee.  At  the  second 
date  of  the  House  Labor  Committee  on  this  bill  it  was  found  that  the 
chairman  of  the  committee,  Steele  Campbell,  had  gone  to  Chicago,  having 
taken  the  original  bill  with  him.  When  asked  why  he  had  taken  the  bill 
with  him  he  replied  that  he  wanted  to  be  present  when  the  committee  acted 
upon  it.  The  fact  that  the  original  bill  was  not  left  in  the  hands  of  the 
committee  prevented  action  on  it  at  that  time  and  delayed  hearing  for  one 
week,  which  was  in  line  with  the  action  of  the  opposition  to  the  bill,  their 
purpose  being  to  delay  it  until  it  would  be  too  late  for  it  to  reach  the  end 
of  the  calendar  before  adjournment. 

The  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  passed  the  House  on  February  13th, 
by  vote  of  98  for  to  27  against. 

The  following  representatives  voted  in'favor  of  the  bill:  Aldrich,  Banta, 
Barker,  Barry,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Biggs  of  Schuyler,  Bottsford,  Brooks, 
Busche,  Butts,  Campbell,  Casey,  Chilton  of  Carter,  Chilton  of  Madison, 
Christy,  Clark,  Connor,  Cook,  Coon,  Cooper,  Crandall,  Cross,  Crossley,  Dale 
of  Andrew,  Dale  of  Gentry,  Depuy,  Droste,  Ford,  Gannaway,  Gibson,  Gilbert, 
Glick,  Graham,  Griffith,  Groff,  Haller,  Ham,  Hanson,  Hart,  Heathmen,  Hol¬ 
comb,  Hopper,  Houston,  Hughes,  Inglish,  Johnson  of  Chariton,  Johnson  of 
Pettis,  Kiefner,  Kinnett,  Kimry,  Kirkpatrick,  Knobbe,  Letterman,  Lewis, 
Linck,  Lumpkin,  Lyles,  Martin,  Meffert,  Miller  of  Saline,  Morrison,  Muir, 
Nelson  of  Camden,  Norfleet,  Noyes,  Pemberton,  Phillips  of  Dallas,  Phumprey, 
Polk,  Porth,  Powell,  Rainey,  Raymont,  Roach,  Roseberry,  Salts,  Sartin, 
Schueddig,  Settle,  Sherman,  Shope,  Silver,  Simmons,  Speer,  Staple,  Stark, 
Stemmons,  Swazea,  Thralls,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Wade  of  Greene,  Warner, 
Webber,  Willard,  Wilson,  Woods,  Atkinson.  Total,  98. 

The  following  Representatives  voted  against  the  bill:  Brassfield, 
Brockus,  Burch,  Carter,  Catlin,  Deal,  Ditzler,  Duncan,  Emerson,  Farris, 
Frieze,  Hesseltine,  Kies,  Lemon,  McMurray,  Miller  of  St.  Louis,  Maroney, 
Nelson  of  Cooper,  Oliver,  Ordelhide,  Paul,  Spence,  Swiers,  Traughber,  Yitt, 
Whitaker,  Young,  Zepp.  Total,  28. 

Absent  with  sick  leave:  Hill  of  Butler,  Sosey  of  Marion. 

Absent  from  their  seats,  not  voting,  but  in  the  lobby:  Brandon,  Brass- 
well,  Chancelor,  Conron,  Embry,  Goshron,  Huck,  McDermott  of  St.  Louis, 
Mahan,  Organ,  Phillips  of  St  Louis,  Wade  of  Scott,  Whaley. 

This  bill  was  bitterly  opposed  on  the  floor  of  the  House  by  Frank  Faris 
of  Crawford  County,  Arthur  L.  Oliver  of  Pemiscot  County,  Krat  C.  Spence 
of  Stoddard  and  Walter  Burch  «of  Audrain. 

In  support  of  the  measure  Representatives  Wm.  A.  Lumpkin  of  Pulaski, 
Wm.  A.  Haller  of  St.  Louis,  Morton  Pemberton  of  Boone  and  Jno.  T.  Miller 
of  Saline,  made  eloquent  appeals  for  passage  of  the  bill. 

Representative  Wm.  Lumpkin  was  particularly  active  at  all  times  in 
support  of  the  bill  in  the  House  and  the  same  can  be  said  of  Senator  John 
L.  Bradley  in  reference  to  the  same  bill  in  the  Senate. 

Representative  Austin  W.  Biggs  of  St.  Louis  and  Wm.  H.  Lewis  of  St. 
Francois  also  deserve  credit  for  their  work  on  behalf  of  this  bill,  and  we 
believe  that  if  it  had  not  been  for  their  untiring  efforts  this  Eight-Hour  bill 
would  not  have  been  reported  out  of  the  committee. 

The  opponents  of  this  bill,  realizing  that  they  could  not  defeat  the 
measure  in  the  senate,  attempted  to  force  a  twelve-hour  amendment,  which 
the  members  of  the  Board  succeeded  in  having  changed  to  ten  hours  in 
the  report  of  the  committee,  but  the  Senate  again  forced  the  twelve-hour 


amendment  on  to  the  bill,  the  amendment  being  introduced  by  Senator 
Dowell,  making  the  law  read  twelve  hours  for  all  offices  that  are  kept  open 
only  during  the  day  time  and  where  only  one  man  be  employed.  Another 
amendment  providing  that  in  cases  of  sickness,  deaths,  wrecks  and  washouts 
a  telegraph  or  telephone  operator  may  be  kept  on  duty  not  to  exceed  six¬ 
teen  hours  in  a  day  of  twenty-four  hours  was  also  offered  and  passed,  and 
the  bill  was  passed  in  this  amended  form. 

Senators  for  twelve-hour  amendment:  Anthony,  Brown,  Devilbiss,  Dor- 
rik,  Dowell,  Gardner,  Grimes,  Hayman,  Hudson,  Humphrey,  Kammerer,  Mc¬ 
Alister,  McDavid,  Major,  Peck. 

Present,  not  voting  on  twelve-hour  amendment:  Bauman,  Cooper,  Ely, 
Farris,  Fields,  Gilmore,  Kinney,  Mayer,  Methudy,  Prendergrast,  Warnall. 

Voting  against  twelve-hour  amendment:  Anderson,  Avery,  Bradley, 
Buford,  Curry,  Drunert,  Eads. 

Senator  Peck  stated  on  the  floor  that  he  had  talked  with  the  agent 
employed  at  his  town  and  was  told  by  him  that  wrecks  which  were 
caused  by  telegraphers  were  not  due  to  their  being  overworked,  but  more 
due  to  the  fact  that  they  did  not  have  enough  to  do. 

After  being  amended  as  above  the  Senate  passed  the  bill.  Senator  Peck 
alone  voting  against. 

Voting  for  the  bill  in  amended  form:  Anderson,  Avery,  Bradley,  Brown, 
Buford,  Curry,  Devilbiss,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Drunert,  Eads,  Ely,  Farris,  Gardner, 
Gilmore,  Grimes,  Hayman,  Hudson,  Humphrey,  Kammerer,  McAlister,  Mc¬ 
David,  Major. 

Present,  not  voting:  Bauman,  Cooper,  Fields,  Kinney,  Mayer,  Methudy, 
Prendergrast,  Warnall. 

The  house  concurred  in  the  amendments  and  the  Telegraphers  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  above  was  signed  by  the  Governor. 

ABOLISHING  THE  PRESENT  SYSTEM  OF  LEASING  CONVICTS, 

SUBSTITUTING  NEW  YORK  PLAN. 

An  act  to  amend  Sections  8878,  8901,  8902  and  8928  of  Article  I,  Chapter 
141,  Revised  Statutes  of  Missouri,  1899,  and  to  add  thereto  three  new  sec¬ 
tions,  to  be  known  as  Sections  8928a,  8928b  and  8928c. 

Section  1.  That  Section  8878,  Revised  Statutes,  1899,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  that  part  thereof  included  in  the  last 
six  lines  thereof,  which  now  reads  as  follows:  (“And  he  shall  use  his  best 
endeavors,  to  the  end  that  the  expenses  of  the  penitentiary  may  be  paid 
out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  labor  of  convicts,  when  employed  in  manufactur¬ 
ing  or  otherwise,  on  behalf  of  the  state),  and  shall  act  under  the  direction 
of  the  inspectors  in  making  contracts  for  the  employment  of  the  labor  of 
the  convicts,”  so  that  the  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  8878.  Duty  as  to  state  property — contracting  for  convict  labor, 
etc. — The  warden  shall  have  the  charge  and  custody  of  the  penitentiary 
prison,  with  the  lands,  buildings,  tools,  implements,  stock,  provisions  and 
every  other  description  of  property  pertaining  thereto  belonging  to  the 
state;  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  correct  accounts  of  the  same.  It  shall 
also  be  the  duty  of  the  warden  to  classify  the  convicts  in  their  labor,  and 
shall  classify  them  in  their  cells  or  sleeping  apartments,  as  follows:  Class  1, 
Those  who  have  been  incarcerated  from  a  period  of  two  to  three  years. 
Class  2,  Those  who  have  been  incarcerated  for  a  period  from  three  to  seven 
years.  Class  3,  Those  who  have  been  incarcerated  for  a  period  from  seven 
to  fifteen  years.  Class  4,  Those  who  have  been  incarcerated  for  a  period 
from  fifteen  years  to  life  sentence;  and  that  the  warden  shall  classify  each 
above  class  .with  regard  to  reformation,  according  to  their  reputations,  as 
made  to  him. 

Section  2.  That  Section  8901,  Revised  Statutes,  1899,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  therein  contained,  beginning 
in  the  sixth  line  thereof,  and  reading  as  follows:  “And  of  the  employment 
of  the  convicts  therein  confined;  the  money  concerned  and  contracts  for 
work,”  so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  8901.  Duty  of  Inspectors. — The  inspectors  shall  visit  the  peni- 


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tentiary  once  in  each  month,  and  as  much  oftener  as  shall  be  necessary,  to 
keep  them  well  informed  in  relation  thereto;  and  at  such  stated  or  special 
visits  they  shall  carefully  inquire  into  all  matters  connected  with  the  gov¬ 
ernment,  discipline  and  police  of  said  penitentiary,  the  degree  and  nature  *£ 
punishment;  the  purchase  and  sales  of  all  articles  provided  for  said  peni¬ 
tentiary  or  sold  on  account  thereof.  They  shall  see  that  all  such  general 
rules  and  regulations  and  orders  for  the  government  and  discipline  of  said 
prison  as  may  be  made  by  the  warden,  with  their  approval,  are  enforced. 
Such  rules  only  shall  be  adopted  as,  in  their  judgment,  shall  best  conduce 
to  the  reformation  of  the  convict.  They  shall  inquire  into '  any  alleged 
misconduct  of  the  warden  or  any  other  officer  or  employe  of  the  penitentiary, 
and  for  that  purpose  shall  have  power  to  issue  subpoenas  and  compel  the 
attendance  of  witnesses,  and  may  examine  witnesses  who  may  appear  be¬ 
fore  them,  under  oath. 

Section  3.  That  Section  8902,  Revised  Statutes,  1899,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  now  therein  contained,  begin¬ 
ning  in  the  ninth  line  of  said  section,  reading  as  follows:  “Of  all  contracts 
entered  into  during  the  two  preceding  years  for  the  empolying  of  convicts, 
or  for  any  other  purpose;  the  terms  of  such  contracts,  stating  what  portion 
of  each  contract  has  been  performed,  and  the  several  sums  of  money  re¬ 
ceived,”  so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  8902.  Report  to  General  Assembly. — “The  inspectors  shall,  at 
their  discretion,  require  reports  to  be  made,  by  the  warden  and  other  offi¬ 
cers  of  the  penitentiary,  in  relation  to  any  and  all  matters  connected  with 
the  government,  management,  operation,  business,  discipline  and  property 
of  said  penitentiary,  with  the  condition,  conduct  and  employment  of  the  con¬ 
victs  confined  therein;  and  said  inspectors  shall  make  a  biennial  report ^to 
the  General  Assembly  concerning  the  state  and  condition  of  said  peniten¬ 
tiary  and  convicts;  of  all  moneys  received  and  expended;  for  what  purposes 
and  to  whom  paid,  with  similar  reports  concerning  all  other  contracts;  and 
they  shall  also  include  in  each  biennial  report  an  abstract  of  all  reports 
made  to  them  by  the  several  officers  of  the  penitentiary  during  the  two 
preceding  years.” 

Section  4.  Article  I  of  Chapter  141  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  1899  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following  new  sec¬ 
tions,  8928a,  8928b  and  8928c. 

Section  8928a.  No  contract*  shall  hereafter  be  made  by  the  warden  of 
the  state  penitentiary  or  the  board  of  prison  inspectors  or  by  the  super¬ 
intendent  or  other  officer  of  any  state  penal  institution  or  reformatory  or 
by  any  other  authority  whatsoever,  by  which  the  labor  or  time  of  any 
prisoner  in  the  state  penitentiary  or  state  penal  institution  or  any  re¬ 
formatory  of  the  state,  or  the  product  or  profit  of  his  work,  shall  be  con¬ 
tracted,  let,  farmed  out,  given  or  sold  to  any  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation:  Provided,  however,  that  the  prisoners  confined  in  said  penal 
institutions  may  work  for  and  the  products  of  their  labor  may  be  disposed 
of  to  the  state  or  any  political  subdivision  thereof,  or  for  or  to  any  public 
institution  under  or  managed  and  controlled  by  the  state  or  any  political 
subdivision  thereof. 

Section  8928b.  The  warden  of  the  state  penitentiary,  the  board  of  prison 
inspectors,  and  all  other  officials  of  all  penal  and  reformatory  institutions 
of  the  state  shall,  so  far  as  practicable,  cause  all  the  prisoners  who  are 
physically  capable  to  be  employed  at  hard  labor,  for  not  to  exceed  eight 
hours  of  each  day,  other  than  Sundays  and  public  holidays,  but  such  hard 
labor  shall  be  either  for  the  purpose  of  production  of  supplies  for  said 
institutions  or  for  the  state,  or  any  political  division  thereof,  or  for  any 
public  institution  owned  or  managed  or  controlled  by  the  state  or  political 
division  thereof,  or  for  the  purpose  of  industrial  training  or  instruction. 

Section  8928c.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  Sections 
8928a,  8928b  and  Sections  8878,  "8901,  8902  and  8928,  of  Article  I,  Chapter 
141,  Revised  Statutes  of  Missouri,  as  amended  by  this  act,  are  hereby  re¬ 
pealed. 

Representative  William  H.  Sherman,  of  Buchanan  County,  introduced 


early  in  the  session  a  bill  to  abolish  the  present  system  of  leasing  convicts 
in  Missouri.  A  similar  measure  was  also  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Sena¬ 
tor  Jno.  L.  Bradley. 

After  repeated  efforts  on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  Joint  Labor 
Legislative  Board  to  have  the  Sherman  bill  reported  for  passage  from  the 
Penitentiary  Committee,  a  compromise  substitute  measure  as  above,  was 
recommended  for  passage  by  the  House  Committee  on  Penitentiary  and 
Reform  Schools.  This  bill  remained  on  the  calendar  for  three  weeks  and 
after  much  hard  work  was  finally  made  a  special  order  for  discussion  on 
March  6th.  In  the  meantime  the  enemies  of  the  Convict  Labor  bill  got  to¬ 
gether  and  concocted  a  plan  to  defeat  it.  When  Representative  Sherman 
called  up  the  Convict  Labor  bill  an  unreasonable  amendment  was  made  and 
a  motion  proposed  to  lay  the  amendment  on  the  table.  It  was  evident  that 
it  was  the  intention  to  carry  the  motion  to  lay  on  the  table  by  a  viva  voce 
vote.  Members  of  the  Labor  Committee  had  our  friends  demand  a  roll  call, 
which  was  evidently  not  expected  by  the  opponents  of  the  measure.  Speaker 
Atkinson  announced  that  the  motion  to  lay  the  amendment  on  the  table 
would  also  kill  the  original  bill.  Opponents  of  the  Convict  Labor  bill  ob¬ 
jected  to  the  roll  call,  but,  thanks  to  our  friends,  a  record  of  the  vote  was 
secured.  Representatives  Hill  of  Butler,  Noyes  of  Jackson,  Biggs  of  St. 
Louis  and  Sosey  of  Marion,  demanded  the  roll  call.  With  the  full  knowledge 
that  a  vote  to  lay  the  amendment  on  the  table  was  a  vote  to  kill  the  Con¬ 
vict  Labor  bill  the  following  voted  in  favor  of  tabling  the  amendment: 

Democrats — Aldrich,  Atkinson,  Barry,  Biggs  of  Schuyler,  Brandom,  Bras¬ 
well,  Burch,  Butts,  Carter,  Casey,  Chilton  of  Carter,  Christie,  Conners,  Cook, 
Crossley,  Deal*  Duncan,  Embry,  Emerson,  Letterman,  Gannoway,  Gibson, 
Glick,  Griffith,  Holcomb,  Hopper,  Houston,  Huck,  Hughes,  Johnson  of  Chari¬ 
ton,  Johnston  of  Pettis,  Kimery,  Kirkpatrick,  Kobbe,  Lyles,  McMurry,  Miller 
of  Saline,  Morrison,  Muir,  Paul,  Pemberton,  Pumphrey,  Polk,  Raney,  Rose- 
berry,  Spence,  Stapel,  Stark,  Sweazea,  Traughber,  Trimble,  Wade  of  Scott, 
Whaley,  Woods. 

Republicans — Brassfield,  Coon,  Dale  of  Andrew,  Ditzler,  Ford,  Frieze, 
Graham,  Hesseltine,  Nelson  of  Camden,  Ordelheide,  Porth,  Roach,  Stem- 
mons,  Whitaker. 

The  following  voted  against  laying  on  the  table: 

Democrats — Chancellor,  Chelton  of  Madison,  Conran,  Crandall,  Cross, 
Farris,  Groff,  Ham,  Heathman,  Kimmet,  Lewis,  Nelson  of  Cooper,  Sherman, 
Sosey. 

Republicans — Banta,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Brockus,  Brooks,  Busche,  Cat- 
lin,  Clark,  Cooper,  Haller,  Hansen,  Hart,  Hill,  Lemon,  Linck,  Mahan,  Mar¬ 
tin,  Meffert,  Norfleet,  Noyes,  Phillips  of  Dallas,  Phillips  of  St.  Louis,  Ray¬ 
mond,  Sartin,  Settle,  Shope,  Silver,  Swiers,  Tubbs,  Wade  of  Greene,  Weber, 
Willard,  Wilson,  Young,  Zepp. 

Absentees — Botsford,  Dale  of  Gentry,  Droste,  Gilbert,  Goshorn,  Graham, 
Inglish,  Kiefner,  Kies,  Lucks,  Lumpkin,  McDermott,  Miller  of  St.  Louis, 
Moroney,  Oliver,  Powell,  Schueddig,  Simmons,  Speer,  Thralls,  Warner. 

Sick  and  Excused — Barker,  Campbell,  Organ,  Salts,  Vitt. 

As  a  result  of  this  vote  this  bill  was  killed  in  the  House,  but  the  board 
succeeded  in  having  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  Senate  appointing  a  com¬ 
mission  of  three  hold-over  Senators  to  fully  investigate  the  systems  of 
working  convicts  in  other  states  and  to  make  a  report  on  the  subject,  with 
a  view  to  adopting  a  plan  satisfactory  to  all  concerned  at  the  Forty-fifth 
General  Assembly.  This  report  fully  covers  this  commission  elsewhere. 

STAMPING  CONVICT-MADE  GOODS. 

An  act  relating  to  the  stamping  of  convict-made  goods  and  prescribing 
penalty  for  violation. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Missouri  as 

follows: 

Section  1.  That  hereafter  all  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  manufac¬ 
tured  in  the  state  penitentiary  at  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  made  in  whole  or  in 
part  by  convict  labor  shall,  before  being  offered  for  sale  in  this  state,  be 


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branded  or  stamped  with  a  permanent  label,  with  the  words  “made  in  Mis¬ 
souri  penitentiary  by  convict  labor,”  and  the  letters  composing  such  words 
shall  be  not  smaller  than  small  pica  type,  and  shall  be  placed  upon  some  con¬ 
spicuous  part  of  the  said  article  of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  so  that 
the  same  may  be  readily  seen  by  the  public. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  selling  or  offering  for 
sale  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  so  made  as  described  in  Section  1  of 
this  act  without  having  thereon  the  letters  or  brand  as  therein  provided, 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished 
by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  not  less  than  thirty  days  nor  more 
than  six  months,  or  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  hundred  dollars,  nor  more 
than  two  thousand  dollars,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  for  each 
offense. 

This  bill  was  introduced  by  Senator  Henry  L.  Eads  of  Daviess  County, 
requiring  that  all  Convict-Made  Goods  be  so  stamped.  Members  of  the 
Joint  Labor  Committee  endeavored  to  have  this  measure  passed,  but  it  was 
defeated  by  the  following  vote: 

Those  voting  in  favor:  Anderson,  Bradley,  Buford,  Eads,  Gardner, 
Gilmore,  Hudson,  Kinney,  McDavid,  Mayer,  Methudy,  Peck — 12. 

Those  voting  against:  Anthony,  Avery,  Brown,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Ely, 
Farris,  Fields,  Hayman,  Kammerer,  McAlister,  Major — 12. 

Present  but  not  voting:  Bauman. 

Absent:  Cooper,  Curry,  Devilbiss,  Grimes,  Humphrey,  Prendergrast, 

Wornall. 

Sick:  Connor,  Drunert. 

The  bill  failing  to  receive  a  constitutional  majority  was  declared  lost. 

At  the  Board’s  request  a  reconsideration  of  the  vote  was  had,  but  the 
bill  failed  to  receive  the  constitutional  vote  and  reconsideration  was 
defeated. 

TO  INVESTIGATE  CONVICT  LABOR  IN  OTHER  STATES. 

The  fight  for  the  abolishment  of  the  present  system  of  leasing  Convict 
Labor  was  carried  on  throughout  the  whole  session  of  the  Legislature.  The 
efforts  of  the  Labor  Board  were  backed  up  by  hundreds  of  letters  from  busi¬ 
ness  men  and  officials  of  international  organizations.  Petitions  signed  by 
nearly  100,000  citizens  were  presented  to  the  Legislature.  Late  in  the 
session,  when  it  was  seen  that  the  legislature  would  not  abolish  the  leasing 
system  until  something  more  beneficial  was '  proposed,  a  suggestion  was 
made  by  the  Joint  Board  that  a  joint  commission  of  Senators  and  Repre¬ 
sentatives  be  created  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  the  different  Convict 
Labor  systems  both  in  Missouri  and  other  states.  This  suggestion  was  the 
subject  of  several  conferences  between  members  of  the  Labor  Board,  Sena¬ 
tors  and  Representatives.  It  was  finally  decided,  however,  that  the  com¬ 
mission  should  be  composed  of  three  hold-over  Senators  who  would  report 
to  the  Forty-fifth  General  Assembly  recommendations,  facts  and  figures  on 
this  subject.  On  March  11th,  the  following  resolution,  prepared  by  members 
of  the  Labor  Board,  was  presented  in  the  Senate: 

Whereas,  There  is  a  growing  opposition  to  the  present  system  of  leasing 
convict  labor  in  Missouri;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  claimed  that  the  present  system  of  leasing  convicts  is 
detrimental  to  the  best  interests  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  its  manufacturing 
industries,  and  its  great  army  of  working  people;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  of  the  Forty-fourth  General  Assembly  hereby 
elects  a  special  committee  of  three  Senators,  namely,  Senators  Frank  M. 
McDavid,  John  L.  Bradley  and  Henry  L.  Eads  to  investigate  the  different 
systems  in  operation  in  this  and  other  states,  particularly  New  York,  Ohio 
and  Illinois,  with  the  object  of  presenting  to  the  Forty-fifth  General  Assem¬ 
bly  recommendations,  facts  and  figures,  which  will  aid  in  solving  the 
problem  of  leasing  convict  labor  and  utilizing  the  labor  of  convicts  of  this 
state;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  said  investigating  committee  is  authorized  to  draw 
upon  the  fund  appropriated  for  the  expenses  of  the  Forty-fourth  General 


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Assembly  of  the  state  for  any  necessary  expense,  and  per  diem  now  al¬ 
lowed  by  law  to  members  of  the  Legislature  while  making  the  investigation. 
»  After  due  consideration  the  Senate  authorized  a  commission  composed 
of  Senators  McDavid,  Bradley  and  Eads  to  make  the  investigation  as  pro¬ 
vided  by  the  resolution. 


CHILD  LABOR  LAW. 

A  bill  to  regulate  the  employment  of  children  in  gainful  occupations, 
drawn  up  under  the  direction  of  the  Children’s  Protective  Alliance  and 
endorsed  by  the  Central  Trades  and  Labor  Union  and  the  Building  Trades 
Council  of  St.  Louis,  was  introduced  by  Senator  Kinney  on  January  4th. 
Members  of  the  Joint  Labor  Board  appeared  before  the  Labor  Committees 
of  both  the  House  and  Senate  and  suggested  several  amendments  to  im¬ 
prove  the  original  bill.  A  favorable  report  was  secured  in  both  Houses 
and  the  bill  was  passed  unanimously  in  the  Senate  and  with  but  one  dis¬ 
senting  vote  in  the  House,  Spear  of  Osage  voting  against  the  bill.  After 
the  bill  had  been  returned  to  the  Senate  and  it  had  been  properly  enrolled 
Speer  of  Osage  introduced  a  resolution  in  the  House  requesting  the  Senate 
to  return  the  bill  to  the  House  for  reconsideration,  which  request  was  com¬ 
plied  with. 

Mr.  Speer  and  others  suggested  several  amendments  of  which  two  were 
adopted,  one  striking  out  features  of  the  bill  aimed  at  the  employment  of 
children  in  department  stores  and  the  second  confining  the  enforcement  of 
the  law  to  cities  of  ten  thousand  inhabitants  or  over  only. 

The  Speer  amendments  destroyed  some  of  the  main  objects  of  the  bill 
and  members  of  the  Joint  Labor  Board  succeeded  in  having  the  proposed 
amendment  of  the  House  non-concurred  in  by  the  Senate.  It  was  found  upon 
inquiry  that  the  quickest  and  safest  way  to  secure  the  passage  of  the  bill, 
corrected  so  as  to  meet  the  objections  of  country  members  of  the  House,  was 
to  have  the  matter  left  to  a  Conference  Committee,  and  the  Joint  Labor 
Board  succedeed  in  having  a  joint  committee  appointed.  The  Senate  ap¬ 
pointed  Kinney,  Fields  and  Anderson  and  the  House  appointed  Biggs  of 
Schuyler,  Speer  and  Spence.  After  several  unsuccessful  attempts  a  meeting 
was  finally  had  of  the  Joint  Conference  Committee,  Senator  Anderson  and 
Representative  Spence  remaining  away  from  the  committee  meet.  The  com¬ 
mittee  decided  to  recommeend  for  passage  by  the  Senate  the  Conference 
Committee  amendments,  which  provided  that  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  apply  only  to  cities  of  ten  thousand  inhabitants  or  more,  and  to  estab¬ 
lishments  employing  ten  persons  or  more. 

In  the  Senate  the  following  voted  for  adoption  of  Conference  Com¬ 
mittee’s  report:  Anderson,  Anthony,  Avery,  Bauman,  Bradley,  Brown,  Bu¬ 
ford,  Curry,  Devilbiss,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Drunert,  Eads,  Ely,  Farris,  Fields, 
Gardner,  Gilmore,  Hayman,  Hudson,  Humphrey,  Kammerer,  Kinney,  Mc¬ 
Alister,  McDavid,  Major,  Mayer,  Methudy,  Peck,  Wornall. 

Absent:  Connors. 

Sick:  Cooper  (with  leave),  Grimes,  Prendergrast. 

The  vote  in  the  House  was  unanimous  of  those  present  with  the  excep¬ 
tion  of  Swiers. 

FACTORY  INSPECTION  BILL. 

During  the  session  of  the  Forty-fourth  General  Assembly  a  number  of 
factory  inspection  measures  were  introduced.  Members  of  the  Joint  Labor 
Board  gave  a  great  deal  of  time  to  the  factory  inspection  measures,  but 
were  unable  to  convince  the  members  of  the  legislature  that  in  order  to 
get  proper  factory  inspection  it  was  necessary  to  have  salaried  officers 
in  that  department. 

Representative  Casey  of  Jackson  County  introduced  House  Bill  195,  an 
act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  factory  inspector,  by  request.  Later 
in  the  session  another  bill  was  presented,  but  owing  to  delay  in  acting  on 
the  bill  in  the  House  members  of  the  Joint  Board  consolidated  both  meas¬ 
ures  and  had  Senator  Prendergrast  introduce  the  bill  as  Senate  Bill  153.  In 
the  meantime  members  of  organized  labor  of  Kansas  City  and  others  be- 


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came  interested  in  the  subject  of'  factory  inspection  and  caused  to  be  drawn 
up  and  introduced  by  Senator  Gilmore  Senate  Bill  234,  providing,  in  addition 
to  features  contained  in  other  bills,  that  two  assistant  factory  inspectors,- 
one  to  have  a  permanent  office  in  Kansas  City,  be  authorized. 

The  Joint  Board  deemed  it  advisable,  in  order  to  secure  additional  sup¬ 
port  for  the  bill,  to  combine  the  good  features  of  all  other  bills  in  one 
measure.  Therefore,  a  substitute  for  all  the  bills  was  introduced  in  both 
branches  of  the  Legislature,  but  the  substitute  bill  was  defeated  on  final 
passage  in  the  Senate  March  6th. 

VENDING  OF  NEWSPAPERS  AND  PERIODICALS  BY  CHILDREN. 

A  bill  to  regulate  the  vending  of  newspapers  and  periodicals  by  chil¬ 
dren  at  certain  hours  in  streets  and  public  places  in  cities  of  over  thirty 
thousand  population,  which  was  drawn  up  b?  members  of  the  Childrens’ 
Protective  Alliance  and  substituted  for  a  bill  recommeended  by  the  Paper 
Carrier  Union  in  St  Louis,  was  presented  to  the  Legislature  by  Representa¬ 
tive  Steele  Campbell  on  February  8,  but  owing  to  his  continual  absence 
from  the  session  and  his  very  apparent  lack  of  interest  in  this  and  other 
labor  legislation,  the  measure  was  never  allowed  to  get  further  than  first 
reading  in  the  House.  No  one  but  Mr.  Campbell  could  call  the  measure 
up  and  as  he  never  showed  any  interest  in  this  bill  the  measure  failed,  of 
course. 

BARBERS’  BOARD  OF  EXAMINERS’  BILL. 

An  act  to  amend  Sections  5042,  5045  and  5047,  Chapter  78  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  Missouri  of  1899,  entitled  “Barbers’  Board  of  Examiners.” 

Section  1.  That  Section  5042  of  Chapter  78  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of 
1899  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  between  the  words 
■'provided”  and  “that,”  in  the  twelfth  line  of  said  section,  the  words,  “that 
all  barber  schools  or  colleges  shall  have  not  less  than  one  teacher  or  instruc¬ 
tor  for  every  ten  students,  and;”  also,  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section  the 
words,  “provided,  that  any  firm,  corporation  or  person  desiring  to  operate  or 
conduct  a  barber  school  or  college  in  this  state  shall  first  secure  from  said 
board  a  permit  to  do  so,  and  shall  keep  the  same  prominently  displayed: 
Provided,  that  the  said  board  shall  have  the  right  to  pass  upon  the  quali¬ 
fications,  appointments  and  course  of  study  in  said  college,  which  shall  be 
not  less  than  two  years;  and  provided  further,  that  there  shall  be  no  money 
collected  by  said  college  or  any  of  its  students  or  teachers  in  the  practice 
of  the  trade  therein  taught;  and  the  said  board  shall  have  the  right  to 
revoke  the  certificate,  permit  or  license  of  any  such  barber  college  instruc¬ 
tor  or  teacher  therein  for  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section;” 
so  that  said  section,  when  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  5042.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  prohibit  any  person  from  serving 
as  an  apprentice  in  said  trade  under  license  issued  by  the  board  under  a 
barber  authorized  to  practice  in  the  same  under  this  act,  nor  from  serving 
as  a  student  in  any  school  or  college  for  the  teaching  of  said  trade  under 
the  instructions  of  a  qualified  barber:  Provided,  that  in  no  barber  shop 
shall  there  be  more  than  one  apprentice  to  two  barbers,  authorized  under 
this  act  to  practice  said  occupation;  but  all  barber  shops  having  but  one 
chair  shall  be  entitled  to  one  apprentice;  that  all  barber  schools  or  colleges 
shall  have  not  less  than  one  teacher  or  instructor  for  every  ten  students, 
and  that  all  barber  schools  or  colleges  shall  keep  prominently  displayed  a 
sign,  barber  college  or  barber  school,  and  no  other  sign  or  signs:  Provided, 
that  all  barbers  or  barber  schools  or  colleges,  who  shall  take  an  apprentice 
or  student,  shall  file  immediately  with  said  board  the  name  and  age  of  such 
apprentices  or  students,  and  the  said  board  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  en¬ 
tered  in  a  register  kept  for  that  purpose:  Provided,  that  any  firm,  corpora¬ 
tion  or  person  desiring  to  operate  or  conduct  a  barber  school  or  college  in 
this  state  shall  first  secure  from  said  board  a  permit  to  do  so,  and  shall  keep 
the  same  prominently  displayed:  Provided,  that  said  board  shall  have  the 
right  to  pass  upon  the  qualifications,  appointments  and  course  of  study  in 
said  college,  which  shall  be  not  less  than  two  years;  and  provided  further, 
that  there  shall  be  no  money  collected  by  said  college  or  any  of  its  students 


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or  teachers  in  the  practice  of  the  trade  therein  taught;  and  the  said  board 
shall  have  the  right  to  revoke  the  certificate,  permit  or  license  of  any  such 
barber  colleges,  instructor  or  teacher  therein  for  any  violation  of  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  2.  That  Section  5045  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  1899  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  between  the  word  “chapter”  and  the 
word  “provided,”  in  the  seventh  line  of  said  section,  the  words  “or  for  any 
«  extortion  or  overcharge  practiced;”  and  by  inserting  between  the  words 
“certificate”  and  “shall,”  in  line  seven  of  said  section,  the  words  “or  per¬ 
mit;”  and  by  inserting  between  the  words  “person”  and  “whose,”  in  line 
twelve,  the  words  “firm  or  corporation;”  and  by  inserting  between  the  words 
“certificate”  and  “has,”  in  line  twelve  of  said  section,  the  words  “or  permit;” 
*  and  by  striking  out  the  words  “regranted  to  him,”  in  the  fourteenth  line 
of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  reissued;”  so  that  said 
section,  when  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  5045.  Said  board  shall  have  power  to  revoke  any  certificate 
of  registration  granted  by  it  under  this  act  for  conviction  of  crime,  habitual 
drunkenness,  gross  incompetency,  failure  or  refusal  to  properly  provide  or 
guard  against  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  or  the  spreading  thereof, 
in  the  practice  of  the  occupation  aforesaid,  or  violation  of  the  rules  of  the 
board  mentioned  in  Section  2  of  this  act,  or  for  any  extortion  or  overcharge 
practiced:  Provided,  that  before  any  certificate  or  permit  mentioned  in 

this  act  shall  be  so  revoked,  the  holder  thereof  shall  have  notice,  in  writing, 
of  the  charge  or  charges  against  him,  and  shall,  at  the  day  specified  in 
said  notice,  at  least  five  days  after  the  service  thereof,  be  given  a  public 
hearing  on  said  charges  and  full  opportunity  to  produce  testimony  in  his 
behalf  and  to  confront  the  witnesses  against  him.  Any  person,  firm  or  cor¬ 
poration  whose  certificate  or  permit  has  been  so  revoked  may,  after  the 
expiration  of  ninety  days,  apply  to  have  same  reissued,  upon  a  satisfactory 
showing  that  the  disqualification  has  ceased. 

Sec.  3.  .  That  Section  5047  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Missouri  of 
1899  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  between  the  words 
“certificate”  and  “or,”  in  the  second  line  of  said  section,  the  words  “man¬ 
aging  or  conducting  a  barber  school  or  college  without  first  having  secured 
a  permit  as  prescribed  in  section  5042  of  this  act  from  said  board;”  and  by 
inserting  between  the  words  “card”  and  “mentioned,”  in  sixth  line  of  said 
section,  the  words  “or  permit;”  and  by  striking  out  the  word  “Section  5043,” 
in  sixth  line  of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  “this 
act;”  and  by  inserting  between  the  words  “displayed”  and  “or,”  in  the 
seventh  line  of  said  section,  the  words  “or  for  any  extortion  or  overcharge 
practiced,  and  any  barber  college,  firm,  corporation  or  person  operating  or 
conducting  a  barber  college,  without  first  having  secured  the  permit  pro¬ 
vided  for  by  this  act,  or  advertising  that  it  will  teach  the  barber’s  trade 
to  students  in  less  than  two  years;”  so  that  said  section,  when  amended, 
shall  read  as  follows: 

Section  5047.  Any  person  practicing  the  occupation  of  barber  without 
having  obtained  a  certificate  of  registration,  as  provided  in  this  act,  or  wil¬ 
fully  employing  a  barber  who  has  not  such  certificate,  “managing  or  con¬ 
ducting  a  barber  school  or  college,  without  first  securing  a  permit  from  said 
board,”  or  falsely  pretending  to  be  qualified  to  practice  as  barber  or  in¬ 
structor  or  teacher  of  such  occupation  under  this  act,  or  failing  to  keep  the 
certificate,  card  or  permit  mentioned  in  “this  act”  properly  displaved,  or 
for  any  extortion  or  overcharge  practiced,  and  any  barber  college,  firm, 
'  corporation  or  person  operating  or  conducting  a  barber  college  without  first 
having  secured  the  permit  provided  for  by  this  act,  or  advertising  that  it 
will  teach  the  barber  trade  to  students  in  less  time  than  two  years,  or  fail¬ 
ing  to  comply  with  the  such  sanitary  rules  as  the  board,  in  conjunction 
with  the  state  board  of  health,  prescribes,  or  for  the  violation  of  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
the  board  shall  proceed  against  all  such  persons,  and  upon  conviction  there¬ 
of,  they  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  or 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00),  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county 


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jail  not  less  than  ten  days  nor  more  than  ninety  days.  Prosecutions  under 
this  act  shall  be  begun  and  carried  on  in  the  same  manner  as  other  prosecu¬ 
tions  for  misdemeanors  in  this  state. 

An  effort  was  made  to  have  different  members  of  the  Legislature  intro¬ 
duce  a  bill  to  repeal  the  law  creating  the  barbers’  board  of  examiners,  and 
such  a  bill  was  introduced,  but  members  of  the  Joint  Board,  in  conjunction 
with  union  barbers  throughout  the  state,  succeeded  in  convincing  those  in¬ 
terested  in  the  bill  that  there  was  no  desire  on  the  part  of  the  better  cla^ss 
of  barbers  of  the  state  to  repeal  the  law.  Representative  Burch  of  Audrain 
County  introduced  amendments  to  the  Barbers’  Board  of  Examiners  law,  and 
after  several  meetings  of  the  committee  to  which  the  different  barber  bills 
were  submitted,  a  substitute  was  drawn  up.  When  this  bill  came  up  for 
final  passage  in  the  House  it  was  defeated,  but  through  the  efforts  of  Repre¬ 
sentatives  Cross  and  Simmons,  a  reconsideration  was  had  and  the  bill  was 
passed  by  a  vote  of  76  for  to  59  against. 

Those  voting  for  the  bill:  Banta,  Barker,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Biggs  of 
Schuyler,  Botsford,  Br.ockus,  Brooks,  Burch,  Busche,  Catlin,  Christie,  Clark, 
Connors,  Cook,  Crandall,  Cross,  Crossley,  Dale  .of  Gentry,  Droste,  Emerson, 
Ford,  Frieze,  Gannoway,  Gibson,  Groff,  Haller,  Ham,  Hanson,  Heathman, 
Hesseltine,  Hill,  Holcomb,  Hopper,  Hughes,  Inglish,  Johnson  of  Chariton, 
Johnston  of  Pettis,  Kifner,  Kimmet,  Kimery,  Lewis,  Linck,  Lumpkin,  Martin, 
Meffert,  Miller  of  Saline,  Morrison,  Muir,  Nelson  of  Camden,  Norfleet,  Oliver, 
Ordelheide,  Pemberton,  Phillips  of  Dallas,  Phillips  of  St.  Louis,  Pumphrey, 
Polk,  Powell,  Raney,  Roseberry,  Schueddig,  Settle,  Sherman,  Simmons,  Sosay, 
Spence,  Stapel,  Stark,  Trails,  Warner,  Whitaker,  Willard,  Wilson,  Zepp, 
Atkinson,  Butts. 

Voting  against:  Aldrich,  Brandom,  Braswell,  Carter,  Chancellor,  Chil¬ 
ton  of  Carter,  Coons,  Cooper,  Dale  of  Andrew,  Deal,  Duncan,  Embry,  Farris, 
Glick,  Graham,  Hart,  Houston,  Kies,  Kirkpatrick,  Lemon,  Letterman,  Mc- 
Murry,  Mahan,  Nelson  of  Cooper,  Noyes,  Paul,  Raymond,  Roach,  Salts,  Sar- 
tin,  Silver,  Stemmons,  Sweazea,  Swiers,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Vitt,  Wade  of  Scott, 
Whaley. 

Absent:  Barry,  Brassfleld,  Campbell,  Casey,  Chilton  of  Madison,  Con¬ 
ran,  Ditzler,  Goshorn,  Griffith,  Huck,  Kobbe,  Lucks,  Lyles,  McDermott,  Mil¬ 
ler  of  St.  Louis,  Moroney,  Organ,  Porth,  Shope,  Speer,  Traughber,  Wade  of 
Greene,  Weber,  Woods,  Young. 

This  bill  was  called  up  in  the  Senate  on  the  day  previous  to  adjourn¬ 
ment  by  Senators  McDavid  and  Farris,  and  by  the  united  efforts  of  the 
members  of  the  Joint  Board  the  bill  was  passed  by  the  Senate. 

Senators  voting  for  the  bill:  Anderson,  Anthony,  Avery,  Bauman,  Brad¬ 
ley,  Brown,  Buford,  Cooper,  Curry,  Devilbiss,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Drunert,  Eads, 
Ely,  Farris,  Fields,  Gardner,  Gilmore,  Hayman,  Humphrey,  Kinney,  McAlis¬ 
ter,  McDavid,  Major,  Methudy. 

Absent:  Connor,  sick;  Grimes,  Hudson,  Kammerer,  Mayer,  Peck,  Pren- 
dergrast,  Wornall. 


CLOSING  ABANDONED  ROOMS  IN  MINES. 

A  bill  to  close  worked  out  or  abandoned  rooms  or  entries  in  coal  mines, 
endorsed  by  the  United  Mine  Workers  of  America,  was  introduced  by  Rep¬ 
resentative  Jno.  T.  Barker  of  Marion  County. 

An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  Section  8823,  Article 
2,  Chapter  133,  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  1899  (Laws  of 
1895,  p.  227),  relating  to  the  method  of  working  on  the  room  and  pillar  plan.” 

Section  1.  That  Section  8823,  Article  2,  Chapter  133,  laws  of  1895,  be 
amended  by  adding  the  following:  “And  further,  that  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  owner,  operator  or  agent,  or  any  person,  persons,  corporation  or 
company  to  permit  the  mouth  or  mouths  of  worked-out  or  abandoned  rooms 
or  entries  in  any  coal  mine  to  remain  open  for  a  period  exceeding  one  month 
from  the  date  of  abandonment  of  any  such  room,  rooms,  entry  or  entries. 
All  such  abandoned  work  as  designated  must  be  securely  sealed  in  such 
manner  as  will  effectually  prevent  the  escape  of  all  gasses  or  other  impuri¬ 
ties  calculated  to  vitiate  the  ventilative  current  of  a  mine;”  Provided,  that 


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the  sealing  of  rooms  and  entries  herein  provided  for  shall  only  be  required 
in  such  mines  and  places  therein  as  the  mine  inspector  shall,  in  his  discre¬ 
tion,  deem  necessary  for  insuring  the  health  and  safety  of  workmen  therein, 
so  that  said  act  shall,  when  amended,  read  as  follows: 

Section  8823.  Method  of  working  on  the  room  and  pillar  plan. — The 
owner,  agent  or  operator  of  any  coal  mine  in  this  state  employing  five  or 
more  persons,  if  said  mine  is  worked  on  the  room  and  pillar  plan,  shall 
cause  the  work  in  such  mine  to  he  prosecuted  in  the  following  manner,  and 
►  npne  other,  to-wit:  Two  entries  must  be  driven  parallel  for  the  ingress  and 
egress  of  the  air,  and  cross-cuts  must  be  made  at  intervals  not  to  exceed 
fifty  feet  apart,  and  no  rooms,  entries  or  other  openings  shall  be  allowed  to 
start  inside  of  the  last  cross-cut  until  the  next  one  be  made;  and  further, 
that  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  owner,  operator  or  agent  for  any  person, 
persons,  corporation  or  company  to  permit  the  mouth  or  mouths  of  worked- 
out  or  abandoned  rooms  or  entries  in  any  coal  mine  to  remain  open  for  a 
period  exceeding  one  month  from  the  date  of  abandonment  of  any  such 
room,  rooms,  entry  or  entries.  All  such  abandoned  work  as  designated  must 
be  securely  sealed  in  such  manner  as  will  effectually  prevent  the  escape  of 
all  gasses  or  other  impurities  calculated  to  vitiate  the  ventilative  current  of 
a  mine:  Provided,  that  the  sealing  of  rooms  and  entries  herein  provided 
for  shall  only  be  required  in  such  mines  and  places  therein  as  the  mine  in¬ 
spector  shall,  in  his  discretion,  deem  necessary  for  insuring  the  health  and 
safety  of  workmen  therein. 

In  the  Senate  the  bill  passed  unanimously.  Grimes,  Prendergrast,  absent. 
Connor,  sick. 

In  the  House  the  bill  passed,  the  vote  being  as  follows: 

Voting  in  favor:  Aldrich,  Banta,  Barry,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Biggs  of 
Schuyler,  Botsford,  Brandom,  Brasfield,  Braswell,  Brockus,  Brooks,  Busche, 
„  Butts,  Catlin,  Chancellor,  Chilton  of  Carter,  Chilton  of  Madison,  Christie, 
Clark,  Connor,  Conran,  Cook,  Coon,  Crandall,  Cross,  Crossley,  Dale  of  Andrew, 
Deal,  Ditzler,  Droste,  Duncan,  Embry,  Farris,  Ford,  Frieze,  Gannoway,  Gib¬ 
son,  Glick,  Goshorn,  Griffith,  Groff,  Haller,  Hanson,  Hart,  Heathman,  Hes- 
seltine,  Hill,  Holcomb,  Hopper,  Houston,  Hughes,  Inglish,  Johnson  of  Char¬ 
iton,  Johnston  of  Pettis,  Kies,  Kimmet,  Kimery,  Kirkpatrick,  Kobbe,  Lemon, 
Letterman,  Lewis,  Linck,  Lumpkin,  Lyles,  McDermott,  Murry,  Martin,  Mef- 
fert,  Miller  of  Saline,  Morrison,  Muir,  Nelson  of  Camden,  Nelson  of  Cooper, 
Norfleet,  Noyes,  Oliver,  Ordelhide,  Paul,  Pemberton,  Phillips  of  Dallas, 
Phillips  of  St.  Louis,  Pumphrey,  Polk,  Porth,  Raney,  Raymond,  Roach,  Rose- 
berry,  Sartin,  Settle,  Sherman,  Shoap,  Silver,  Sosay,  Speer,  Spence,  Stapel, 
Stark,  Stemmons,  Sweazea,  Straughber,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Wade  of  Greene, 
Wade  of  Scott,  Warner,  Whaley,  Whitaker,  Willard,  Woods,  Young,  Zepp, 
Atkinson. 

Voting  against:  Carter,  Cooper,  Emerson,  Ham,  Huck,  Simmons. 

Absent,  not  voting:  Barker,  Burch,  Casey,  Gilbert,  Graham,  Kifner, 
Lucks,  Powell,  Salts,  Swiers,  Thralls,  Wilson. 

INITIATIVE  AND  REFERENDUM. 

Joint  and  concurrent  resolution  submitting  to  the  qualified  voters  of 
Missouri  an '  amendment  to  the  constitution  thereof  concerning  the  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum. 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  Senate,  the  House  of  Representatives  concurring 
therein:  That  at  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  this  state  on  the  first 
Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  November,  1908,  there  shall  be  submitted, 
for  adoption,  to  the  qualified  voters  of  the  state,  the  following  amendment 
to  the  constitution: 

Section  1.  The  legislative  authority  of  the  state  shall  be  vested  in  a 
legislative  assembly,  consisting  of  a  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives, 
but  the  people  reserve  to  themselves  power  to  propose  laws  and  amend¬ 
ments  to  the  constitution,  and  to  enact  or  reject  the  same  at  the  polls,  inde¬ 
pendent  of  the  legislative  assembly,  and  also  reserve  power,  at  their  own 
option,  to  approve  or  reject  at  the  polls  any  act  of  the  legislative  assembly. 
The  first  power  reserved  by  the  people  is  the  initiative,  and  not  more  than 


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eight  per  cent,  of  the  legal  voters  in  each  of  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  con¬ 
gressional  districts  in  the  state  shall  be  required  to  propose  any  measure  by 
such  petition,  and  every  such  petition  shall  include  the  full  text  of  the  meas¬ 
ure  so  proposed.  Initiative  petitions  shall  be  filed  with  the  secretary  of  state 
not  less  than  four  months  before  the  election  at  which  they  are  to  be  voted' 
upon.  The  second  power  is  the  referendum,  and  it  may  be  ordered  except  as 
to  laws  necessary  for  the  immediate  preservation  of  the  public  peace,  health, 
or  safety,  and  laws  making  appropriations  for  the  current  expenses  of  the 
state  government,  for  the  maintenance  of  the  state  institutions  and  for  the 
support  of  the  public  schools,  either  by  the  petition  signed  by  five  per  cent,  of 
the  legal  voters  in  each  of  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  congressional  districts  in 
the  state,  or  by  the  legislative  assembly,  as  other  bills  are  enacted.  Refer¬ 
endum  petitions  shall  be  filed  with  the  secretary  of  state  not  more  than 
ninety  days  after  the  final  adjournment  of  the  session  of  the  legislative  as¬ 
sembly  which  passed  the  bill  on  which  the  referendum  is  demanded.  The 
veto  power  of  the  governor  shall  not  extend  to  measures  referred  to  the 
people.  All  elections  on  measures  referred  to  the  people  of  the  state  shall  be 
had  at  the  biennial  regular  general  elections,  except  when  the  legislative  as¬ 
sembly  shall  order  a  special  election.  Any  measure  referred  to  the  people 
shall  take  effect  and  become  the  law  when  it  is  approved  by  a  majority  of  the 
votes  cast  thereon,  and  not  otherwise.  The  style  of  all  bills  shall  be:  “Be 
it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  Missouri.”  This  section  shall  not 
be  construed  to  deprive  any  member  of  the  legislative  assembly  of  the  right 
to  introduce  any  measure.  The  whole  number  of  votes  cast  for  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  at  the  regular  election  last  preceding  the  filing  of  any 
petition  for  the  initiative,  or  for  the  referendum,  shall  he  the  basis  on  which 
the  number  of  legal  voters  necessary  to  sign  such  petition  shall  be  counted. 
Petitions  and  orders  for  the  initiative  and  for  the  referendum  shall  be 
filed  with  the  secretary  of  state,  and  in  submitting  the  same  to  the  people 
he,  and  all  other  officers,  shall  be  guided  by  the  general  laws  and  the  act 
submitting  this  amendment,  until  legislation  shall  be  especially  provided 
therefor. 


Senator  Cooper  of  Jackson  County,  introduced  a  joint  and  concurrent 
resolution  submitting  to  the  voters  of  the  state  an  amendment  to  the 
constitution  creating  the  Initiative  and  Referendum.  Senator  McAlister  of 
Monroe  County  also  submitted  a  joint  and  concurrent  resolution  embodying 
the  Oregon  Initiative  and  Referendum  law.  The  committee  to  which  these 
amendments  were  referred  held  several  hearings  and  speakers  of  national 
prominence  in  this  movement  appeared  before  the  committee,  among  whom 
were  Dr.  Clarence  Biglow  of  Ohio,  Dr.  W.  R.  Hill  of  St.  Louis,  Julian  Mc¬ 
Laughlin  of  St.  Louis,  Henry  Julian  of  Kansas  City;  also  members  of  the 
Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board.  A  compromise  measure  was  agreed  upon 
as  above  and  passed  the  Senate  by  the  following  vote: 

Those  voting  in  favor  were:  Avery,  Bradley,  Brown,  Buford,  Curry, 
Devilbiss,  Dowell,  Drunert,  Ely,  Farris,  Fields,  Hayman,  Hudson,  Humphrey, 
McAliister,  McDavid,  Major,  Mayer,  Wornall — 19. 

Voting  against:  Anderson,  Bauman,  Gardner,  Grimes,  Kammerer,  Meth- 
udy — 5. 

Present  and  not  voting:  Eads,  Gilmore. 

Absent:  Anthony,  Cooper,  Dorris,  Kinney,  Peck,  Prendergrast. 

Sick:  Connors. 

Representative  Whaley  introduced  a  similar  measure  in  the  House,  for 
which  he  substituted  the  Senate  measure.  The  vote  on  this  measure  in 
the  House  was  as  follows: 

Voting  for  Initiative  and  Referendum  amendment:  Aldrich,  Banta, 
Barry,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Botsford,  Brandom,  Braswell,  Broekus,  Brooks, 
Busche,  Butts,  Chancellor,  Chilton  of  Carter,  Christie,  Connor,  Conran,  Cook, 
Crandall,  Crossley,  Dale  of  Andrews,  Dale  of  Gentry,  Deal,  Ditzler,  Droste, 
Duncan,  Embry,  Frieze,  Gannoway,  Gibson,  Griffith,  Groff,  Haller,  Hart, 
Heathman,  Hesseltine,  Hill,  Holcomb,  Houston,  Huck,  Hughes,  Johnson  of 
Chariton,  Johnston  of  Pettis,  Kiefner,  Kies,  Kimmet,  Kimery,  Lemon,  Let- 


terman,.  Lewis,  Lumpkin,  Lyles,  McDermott,  McMurray,  Martin,  Meffert, 
Miller  of  St.  Louis,  Miller  of  Saline,  Muir,  Nelson  of  Camden,  Nelson  of 
Cooper,  Noyes,  Paul,  Pemberton,  Phillips  of  Dallas,  Phillips  of  St.  Louis, 
Pumphrey,  Polk,  Porth,  Raney,  Roach,  Roseberry,  Salts,  Sartin,  Sherman, 
Simmons,  Sosay,  Spence,  Stapels,  Stark,  Stemmons,  Swiers,  Thralls,  Traugh- 
ber,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Wade  of  Scott,  Warner,  Whaley,  Wilson,  Atkinson. 

Against:  Farris,  Goshorn,  Inglish,  Silver. 

Absent  and  not  voting:  Barker,  Biggs  of  Schuyler,  Brasfield,  Burch, 
■‘Campbell,  Carter,  Casey,  Chilton  of  Madison,  Clark,  Coon,  Cooper,  Cross, 
Emerson,  Ford,  Gilbert,  Glick,  Graham,  Ham,  ^Hanson,  Hopper,  Kirkpatrick, 
Kobbe,  Linck,  Lucks,  Mahan,  Maroney,  Morrison,  Norfleet,  Oliver,  Ordel- 
heide,  Powell,  Raymond,  Schueddig,  Settle,  Speer,  Sweazea,  Vitt,  Wade  of 
Green,  Weber,  Whitaker,  Willard,  Woods. 

Special  Note. — The  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board  urges  upon  members 
of  organized  labor  of  Missouri  the  importance  of  working  to  have  this  con¬ 
stitutional  amendment  adopted  at  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  Novem¬ 
ber,  1908.  Too  much  work  cannot  be  done,  and  now  is  the  time  to  begin 
to.  urge  upon  friends  the  importance  of  adopting  this  amendment. 

SCAFFOLDING  BILL  FOR  PROTECTION  OF  WORKMEN. 

A  bill  regulating  the  use  of  stays,  hoists  and  other  mechanical  con¬ 
trivances  in  the  erection  or  repairing  of  buildings,  and  providing  a  penalty 
for  violation  thereof,  which  had  been  drawn  up  at  the  instigation  of  the 
St.  -Louis  Painters’  District  Council  and  which  was  endorsed  by  all  labor 
organizations  of  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  and  other  cities  in  the  state,  was 
introduced  by  Senator  Prendergrast.  The  scaffolding  bill  passed 'the  Senate 
February  21st,  by  a  vote  of  19  to  5. 

Following  senators  voted  for  bill:  Anderson,  Avery,  Bowmen,  Bradley, 
Brown,  Buford,  Devilbiss,  Drunert,  Farris,  Gardiner,  Haymen,  Hudson, 
Humphrey,  Kammerer,  McDavid,  Major,  Mayer,  Mathudy  and  Prendergrast. 

Following  senators  voted  against  bill:  Curry,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Eads, 
Grimes. 

Following  senators  did  not  vote  on  bill:  Anthony,  Ely,  Fields,  Gilmore, 
McAlister,  Peck,  Warnell. 

Absent  with  leave:  Connor,  Cooper,  Kinney. 

The  Scaffolding  bill  was  recommended  for  passage  by  the  House  Com¬ 
mittee  on  Criminal  Jurisprudence,  but,  like  many  other  good  bills,  died  a 
natural  death  because  of  the  adjournment  of  the  Legislature  without  tak¬ 
ing  any  action  thereon. 

MINERS’  FELLOW-SERVANT. 

An  act  to  define  the  liabilities  of  mine  operators  in  relation  to  dam¬ 
ages  sustained  by  their  employes,  and  to  define  who  are  fellow-servants  and 
who  are  not  fellow-servants,  and  to  prohibit  contracts  limiting  liability  under 
this  act. 

Section  1.  That  every  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation  operating 
a  mine  or  mines  in  this  state  for  the  production  of  lead,  zinc,  coal  or  other 
valuable  minerals,  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  sustained  by  any  agent 
or  servant  thereof  while  engaged  in  operating  such  mine  or  mines  by  reason 
of  the  negligence  of  any  other  agent  or  servant  thereof:  Provided,  that 
it  may  be  shown  in  defense  of  any  action  that  the  person  injured  was  guilty 
of  negligence  contributing  as  a  proximate  cause  to  produce  the  injury. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  persons  engaged  in  the  service  of  any  such  person, 
firm,  company  or  corporation  doing  business  in  this  state,  who  are  entrusted 
by  such  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation  with  the  authority  of  superin¬ 
tendence,  control  or  command  of  other  persons  in  the  employ  or  service  of 
such  corporation,  or  with  authority  to  direct  any  other  servant  in  the  per¬ 
formance  of  any  duty  of  such  servant,  or  with  the  duty  of  inspection  or  other 
duty  owing  by  the  master  to  the  servant,  are  vice-principals  of  such  corpor¬ 
ation  and  are  not  fellow-servants  with  such  employes. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  persons  who  are  engaged  in  the  common  service  of 
such  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation  so  operating  any  mine  or  mines, 


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and  while  so  engaged  are  working  together  at  the  same  time  and  place  to 
a  common  purpose  of  the  same  grade,  neither  of  such  persons  being  en¬ 
trusted  by  such  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation  with  any  superin¬ 
tendence  or  control  over  their  fellow-employes,  are  fellow-servants  with  * 
each  other. 

Sec.  4.  No  contracts  made  between  any  person,  firm,  company  or  cor¬ 
poration  so  operating  such  mine  or  mines  and  their  agents  or  servants,  based 
upon  the  contingency  of  the  injury  or  death  to  any  such  agent  or  servant, _ 
limiting  the  liability  of  the  employer  for  any  damages  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  shall  he  valid  or  binding,  but  all  such  contracts  or  agreements 
shall  be  null  and  void. 

The  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill  was  introduced  in  the  House  by  Rep¬ 
resentative  Chancellor  and  in  the  Senate  by  Senator  Bradley.  The  House 
bill  passed  that  body  and  went  to  the  Senate,  where  several  amendments 
were  made  to  the  bill.  The  House  refused  to  concur  in  the  amendments 
and  a  Joint  Conference  Committee  was  appointed.  The  Joint  Conference 
Committee  reported  the  bill  with  several  satisfactory  amendments  into  both 
branches  of  the  Legislature.  The  Senate  passed  the  bill,  but  the  House, 
after  a  very  bitter  fight,  during  which  misrepresentation  was  indulged  in 
by  the  opponents  of  the  bill,  forgery  being  resorted  to,  and  money  lavishly 
used  in  bringing  influential  men  to  Jefferson  City,  and  in  other  ways,  the 
House  failed  to  pass  the  law.  The  bill  did  not  receive  the  constitutional 
majority,  72,  in  the  House,  and  was  therefore  lost,  many  “friends”  (?)  of 
labor  being  in  the  lobby,  but  refusing  to  go  into  the  House  to  vote. 

Voting  for  bill:  Aldrich,  Barker,  Barry,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Biggs  of 
Schuyler,  Botsford,  Brandom,  Brockus,  Carter,  Chancellor,  Chilton  of  Carter, 
Chilton  of  Madison,  Christie,  Connor,  Conran,  Crandall,  Cross,  Crossley,  Dale 
of  Gentry,  Deal,  Duncan,  Embry,  Emerson,  Gannoway,  Gibson,  Glick,  Grif¬ 
fith,  Ham,  Heathman,  Hesseltine,  Hopper,  Huck,  Hughes,  Inglish,  Johnson  of 
Chariton,  Kiefner,  Kimmett,  Letterman,  Lewis,  Lyles,  McMurry,  Miller  of  St. 
Louis,  Miller  of  Saline,  Morrison,  Nelson  of  Cooper,  Noyes,  Paul,  Pemberton, 
Polk,  Rosebury,  Salt,  Sherman,  Simmons,  Sosay,  Speer,  Spence,  Stapel, 
Sweazea,  Wade  of  Scott,  Warner,  Weber,  Whaley,  Willard,  Woods,  Young, 
Zepp,  Atkinson. 

Against  bill:  Banta,  Brasfield,  Braswell,  Butta,  Catlin,  Clark,  Conn, 
Cooper,  Dale,  Droste,  Farris,  Ford,  Goshorn,  Haller,  Hansen,  Kimrey,  Kirk¬ 
patrick,  Lemon,  Mahan,  Martin,  Nelson  of  Camden,  Norfleet,  Ordelheide, 
Phillips  of  St.  Louis,  Powell,  Raney,  Raymond,  Roach,  Sartin,  Settler,  Silver, 
Stark,  Stemmons,  Thralls,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Vitt,  Wade  of  Greene,  Whitaker. 

Absent  in  lobby  and  not  voting:  Brooks,  Burch,  Busche,  Campbell, 
Casey,  Cook,  Ditzler,  Frieze,  Gilbert,  Graham,  Groff,  Hart,  Hill,  Holcomb, 
Houston,  Johnston  of  Pettis,  Kies,  Kobbe,  Linck,  Lucks,  Lumpkin,  McDer¬ 
mott,  Meffert,  Moroney,  Muir,  Oliver,  Pumphrey,  Phillips  of  Dallas,  Porth, 
Schueddig,  Shope,  Swiers,  Traughber,  Wilson. 

Monday,  March  11th,  the  members  of  the  Joint  Labor  Legislative  Board 
endeavored  to  have  a  reconsideration  of  the  vote  by  which  the  Miners’  Fel¬ 
low-Servant  bill  had  been  defeated  the  previous  Saturday,  March  9th.  The 
motion  to  reconsider  received  but  sixty-five  votes,  many  Representatives  who 
professed  to  be  friendly  to  the  reconsideration  of  this  measure  absenting 
themselves  from  their  seats  at  the  time  the  vote  was  taken. 

Those  voting  against  the  motion  to  reconsider  were:  Banta,  Brasfield, 
Brockus,  Catlin,  Clark,  Coon,  Cooper,  Dale  of  Andrew,  Droste,  Frank  Farris, 
Ford,  Goshorn,  Haller,  Hanson,  Linck,  Mahan,  Martin  of  Linn,  Nelson  of 
Camden,  Norfleet,  Oliver,  Ordelheide,  Phillips  of  Dallas,  Phillips  of  St.  Louis, 
Powell,  Roach,  Sartin,  Settle,  Silver,  Stemmons,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Vitt,  Wade 
of  Greene,  Whitaker,  and  Zepp.  Total,  35. 

Voting  for  reconsideration  and  passage  of  Fellow-Servant  bill:  Aldrich, 
Atkinson,  Barker,  Barry,  Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Biggs  of  Schuyler,  Botsford, 
Brandom,  Braswell,  Brooks,  Burch,  Butts,  Carter,  Chancellor,  Chilton  of 
Carter,  Chilton  of  Madison,  Christie,  Conran,  Cook,  Cross,  Crossley,  Dale  of 
Gentry,  Duncan,  Emerson,  Gannoway,  Gibson,  Glick,  Graham,  Ham  Heath- 
man,  Holcomb,  Houston,  Hughes,  Johnson  of  Chariton,  Johnston  of  Pettis, 


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Kimmet,  Letterman,  Lewis,  Lyles,  McMurray,  Miller  of  Saline,  Morrison, 
Muir,  Nelson  of  Cooper,  Noyes,  Paul,  Pemberton,  Polk,  Raney,  Raymond, 
Sherman,  Shoap,  Simmons,  Sosay,  Speer,  Spence,  Staple,  Stark;  Sweazea, 
r  Thralls,  Traughber,  Wade  of  Scott,  Willard,  Woods-f-65.  Seventy-two  vtates 
were  needed. 

Absent  from  seats,  and  not  voting:  Busche,  Campbell,  M.  Casey,  Con¬ 
nor,  Crandall,  Ditzler,  Embry,  Frieze,  Gilbert,  Griffith,  Groff,  Hart,  Hessel- 
tine,  Hill,  Hopper,  Huck,  Inglish,  Kiefner,  Kies,  Kimrey,  Kirkpatrick,  Kobbe, 
“Lemon,  Lucks,  Lumpkin,  McDermott,  Meffert,  Miller  of  St.  Louis,  Moroney, 
Pumphrey,  Porth,  Rosebury,  Salts,  Schueddig,  Sweiers,  Warner,  Weber, 
Whaley,  Wilson,  Woods. 

A  special  effort  was  made  to  have  the  following  members  go  into  the 
House  at  the  time  the  vote  on  this  measure  was  being  taken  without  result: 
Casey,  Warner,  Hill,  Ditzler,  Groff,  Crandall,  Hart,  Huck,  Porth,  Lumpkin, 
and  Connor. 

SENATE  BILL  NO.  131.  Introduced  by  Senator  Ely. 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  safety  of  railroad  employes  and  other  persons  by  requir¬ 
ing  all  switches,  frogs  and  guard-rails  on  railroads  in  this  state  to  be 
properly  blocked  or  filled,  in  all  yards,  divisional  and  terminal  stations, 
and  where  trains  are  made  up;  prescribing  a  penalty  for  failure  to 
conform  to  said  requirement;  and  also  providing  that  the  defense  of  con¬ 
tributory  negligence  shall  not  be  available  in  actions  for  death,  maiming 
or  injuries  caused  by  non-compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act 
Be  it  enacted  by  .the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  all  companies  or  corporations,  lessees  or  other  persons 
owning  or  operating  any  railroad  or  part  of  railroad  in  this  state,  are  hereby 
required,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  nineteen  hundred  and 
seven  (1907),  to  adopt,  put  in  use  and  maintain  the  best  known  appliances 
or  inventions  to  fill  or  block  all  switches,  frogs  and  guard-rails  on  their 
roads,  in  all  yards,  divisional  and  terminal  stations,  and  where  trains  are 
made  up,  to  prevent,  as  far  as  possible,  the  feet  of  employes  or  other  persons 
from  being  caught  therein.  Any  company  or  corporation,  lessees  or  other 
person,  owning  or  operating  any  railroad,  or  part  of  a  railroad,  in  this  state, 
who  shall  fail  to  do  any  act  or  thing  in  this  section  required  to  be  done,  or 
shall  cause  any  act  or  thing  not  to  be  done,  or  shall  aid  or  abet  any  such 
omission,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  law,  and  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  for  every  such  offense,  and  each 
day  shall  constitute  a  separate  and  distinct  offense.  At  every  term  of  a 
court  of  record  of  this  state  having  criminal  jurisdiction,  the  judge  thereof 
shall  direct  and  charge  grand  juries  to  make  special  inquiry  as  to  violation 
of  this  law. 

Section  2.  When  any  employe  or  other  person  shall  be  injured,  maimed 
or  killed,  by  reason  of  the  non-compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
then  in  any  action  for  damages  which  may  be  instituted  against  any  rail¬ 
road  company,  corporation  or  lessee  for  such  injuring,  maiming  or  killing, 
proof  of  contributory  negligence  or  carelessness  on  the  part  of  any  employe 
or  other  person  so  injured,  maimed  or  killed,  shall  not  relieve  such  railroad 
company,  corporation  or  lessee  from  liability. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  conflicting  or  inconsistent  with 
the  provisions  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

This  bill  was  introduced  in  the  house  by  Representative  Heathman. 

-  It  was  on  the  calendar  for  third  reading  when  Senate  bill  came  over.  Mr. 
Heathman  moved  to  substitute  Senate  bill  131  for  his  House  bill,  they  being 
identical.  No  objection  being  raised  and  bill  passed  105  to  0. 

Senate  Bill  131 — Those  voting  in  favor:  Anderson,  Anthony,  Avery, 
Bauman,  Bradley,  Brown,  Buford,  Conner,  Cooper,  Curry,  DeVilbiss,  Dorris, 
Dowell,  Drunert,  Eads,  Ely,  Farris,  Fields,  Gardiner,  Gilmore,  Grimes,  Hay- 
men,  Humphrey,  Cameron,  Kinney,  McAllister,.  McDavid,  Majors,  Mayer, 
Mathudy,  Peck,  Pendergast.  Voting  no:  Hudson. 

Roll  Call  on  House  Bill  131 — Those  voting  for:  Aldrich,  Banta,  Barry, 


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Biggs  of  St.  Louis,  Biggs  of  Schuyler,  Botsford,  Brasfield,  Braswell,  Brockus, 
Brooks,  Burch,  Butts,  Carter,  Casey,  Chancellor,  Chilton  (Carter),  Chilton 
(Madison),  Christy,  Clark,  Conner,  Conran,  Cook,  Coon,  Cooper,,  Crandall, 
Cross,  Dale  (Gentry),  Deal,  Droste,  Emerson,  Frieze,  Gannaway,  Gibson,  * 
Gilbert,  Glick,  Graham,  Groff,  Ham,  Hanson,  Heathman,  Hesseltine,  Hill, 
Holcomb,  Hopper,  Huck,  Hughes,  Inglish,  Johnson  (Chariton),  Johnston 
(Pettis),  Kiefner,  Kies,  Kimmet,  Kimery,  Kobbe,  Lemon,  Letterman,  Lewis, 
Linck,  Lumpkin,  Lyles,  McMurry,  Mahan,  Martin,  Miller  (Saline),  Moroney, 
Muir,  Nelson  (Camden),  Nelson  (Cooper),  Norfleet,  Noyes,  Oliver,  Paul,  Phil-" 
lips  (St.  Louis),  Pumphrey,  Polk,  Porth,  Powell,  Raney,  Roach,  Roseberry, 
Sartin,  Schueddig,  Settle,  Sherman,  Silver,  Simmons,  Sosey,  Spear,  Spence, 
Stark,  Stemmons,  Sweaza,  Swies,  Thralls,  Traughber,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Wade 
(Scott),  Warner,  Weber,  Whaley,  Willard,  Woods,  Young,  Zepp,  Atkinson. 

Not  voting:  Brandom,  Busche,  Campbell,  Catlin,  Crossley,  Dale  (An¬ 
drew),  Ditzler,  Duncan,  Embry,  Farris,  Ford,  Goshorn,  Pemberton,  Phillips 
(Dallas),  Raymond,  Shope,  Stapel,  Vitt,  Wade  (Greene),  Whitaker,  Wilson, 
Hart,  Houston,  Kirkpatrick,  Lucks,  McDermott,  Meffert,  Miller  (St.  Louis), 
Morrison,  Ordelheide.  Total — Yes,  105;  No,  0. 

SENATE  BILL  NO.  152.  Introduced  by  Senator  Buford. 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  safety  of  railway  employes,  by  requiring  railroads  oper¬ 
ating  lines  of  railroad  within  Missouri  to  equip  engines,  tenders  and 
cars  with  automatic  couplers,  drive  wheel  power  brakes  and  safety  ap¬ 
pliances,  and  prescribing  penalty  for  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  1908,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons,  partnership  or  corporation,  operating 
any  line  of  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part,  within  this  state,  either  as  owner, 
lessee  or  receiver,  for  the  purpose  of  moving  freight  or  passengers  between 
points  wholly  within  this  state,  to  use  upon  such  line  of  railroad  any  loco¬ 
motive  or  engine  to  move  such  train  of  cars  over  such  railroad  without 
having  such  locomotive  or  engine  equipped  with  power  drive  wheel  brakes 
and  fully  and  properly  equipped  with  air  brake  appliances,  so  that  the 
engineer  operating  such  locomotive  or  engine  shall  have  the  means  of 
fully  and  completely  controlling  the  air  brakes  on  the  cars  attached  to  said 
locomotive  and  engine  without  recourse  to  hand  brakes,  except  in  cases  of 
emergency. 

Section  2.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  1908,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons,  company  or  corporation  operating  any 
line  of  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part,  in  this  state,  either  as  owner,  lessee 
or  receiver,  to  use  or  permit  to  be  used  or  hauled  between  stations  within 
this  state,  on  said  line  of  railroad,  any  locomotive,  tender,  car  or  other 
vehicle  for  moving  persons  or  freight  which  shall  not  be  equipped  with 
hand  holds,  grab  irons  and  couplers  coupling  automatically  by  impact,  and 
which  can  be  coupled  without  the  necessity  of  men  going  between  the 
ends  of  the  cars  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  such  coupling. 

Section  3.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  1908,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons,  company  or  corporation  operating  any 
line  of  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part,  within  this  state,  whether  as  owner, 
lessee  or  receiver,  to  use  any  locomotive,  tender,  car  or  similar  vehicle  for 
the  purpose  of  carrying  persons  or  freight,  on  its  line  of  railroad,  between 
stations  wholly  within  the  state,  unless  such  locomotive,  tender,  car  or  other 
similar  vehicle  shall  be  equipped  with  standard  draw-bars;  that  the  standard 
height  of  draw-bars  on  all  standard-gauge  roads  shall  be  thirty-four  and 
one-half  inches,  measuring  from  the  top  of  the  track  rails  to  the  center 
of  the  draw-bar;  and  upon  narrow-gauge  roads  such  standard  draw-bar  shall 
be  twenty-six  inches  from  the  top  of  the  track  rails  to  the  center  of  the 
draw-bar,  and  the  maximum  variation  from  such  standard  height  to  be  al¬ 
lowed  between  empty  and  loaded  cars  shall  be  three  inches,  whether  or  not 
the  draw-bars  brought  together  are  of  the  same  kind,  make  or  type. 

Section  4.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  1908,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons,  company  or  corporation  operating  any 
line  of  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part,  in  this  state,  either  as  owner,  lessee 


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or  receiver,  to  operate  any  train  of  cars  over  such  line  of  railroad  between 
stations  within  this  state,  unless  at  least  75  per  cent  of  the  cars  composing 
such  train  shall  be  equipped  with  air  or  power  brakes,  and  any  of  the 
«Temaining  twenty-five  per  centum  of  such  cars  composing  such  train  shall 
be  so  equipped  with  such  air  or  power  brakes  they  shall  be  so  associated 
and  connected  that  brakes  thereon  can  be  used,  managed  and  operated  by 
the  engineer  of  the  locomotive  drawing  such  train. 

Section  5.  That  whenever  any  person,  persons,  company  or  corporation 
operating  any  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part,  in'  this  state,  either  as  owner, 
lessee  or  receiver,  shall  have  equipped  the  locomotives,  tenders,  cars  and 
similar  vehicles  used  for  the  carrying  of  persons  and  freight  between  any 
stations  within  this  state,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  appliances  and 
devices  prescribed  by  this  act,  such  railroad  may  refuse  to  receive  for 
transportation  over  its  line  or  lines  of  road  any  car  or  cars  from  connecting 
lines  which  are  not  equipped  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
without  incurring  any  liability  as  a  common  carrier  on  account  of  such 
refusal. 

Section  6.  That  the  provisions  and  requirements  of  this  act  relating 
to  power  drive  wheel  brakes,  train  brakes,  automatic  couplers,  grab  irons 
and  the  standard  height  of  draw-bars  shall  be  held  to  apply  to  all  trains, 
locomotives,  tenders,  cars  and  similar  devices  used  on  or  by  any  railroad 
engaged  in  the  transportation  of  persons  and  freight  between  points  within 
the  State  of  Missouri:  Provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  not  apply  to  street  railroads  nor  to  tram  railroads  employed  in  the 
transportation  of  logs. 

Section  7.  That  any  such  person,  persons,  company  or  corporation  operat¬ 
ing  any  railroad,  in  whole  or  in  part  within  this  state,  whether  as  owner,  lessee 
or  receiver,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be  liable 
to  the  State  of  Missouri  in  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  such  penalty  shall  be 
recovered  and  suit  therefor  shall  be  brought  in  the  name  of  the  State  of 
Missouri,  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in  any  county  in  the  state, 
into  or  through  which  such  railway  may  run,  by  the  attorney  general,  or 
under  his  direction,  or  by  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  any  county  through  or 
into  or  out  of  which  trains  may  be  operated  by  such  railroad,  or  by  the 
circuit  attorney  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis. 

Section  8.  That  any  employe  of  such  railroad  so  operated  as  aforesaid 
who  may  be  injured  by  any  train,  locomotive,  tender,  car  or  similar  vehicle 
in  use  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  not  be  deemed  to  have 
assumed  the  risk  thereby  occasioned,  nor  to  have  been  guilty  of  contributory 
negligence,  because  of  continuing  in  the  employment  of  such  railroad  or  in 
the  performance  of  his  duties  as  such  employe  after  the  unlawful  use  of 
such  train,  locomotive,  tender,  car  or  similar  device  shall  have  been  brought 
to  his  knowledge. 

This  bill  was  introduced  in  the  house  by  Mr.  Raney  of  Livingston,  who 
caused  his  bill  to  belaid  over  informally  until  Senate  bill  could  be  called 
up  for  third  reading.  He  then  moved  Senate  bill  152  be  substituted  for 
House  bill  386.  Passed  the  house  with  vote  of  102  ayes  to  0  nays. 

Senate  Bill  152 — Those  voting  for:  Anthony,  Avery,  Bauman,  Bradley, 
Buford,  Cooper,  Curry,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Drunert,  Eads,  Farris,  Fields,  Gardi¬ 
ner,  Haymen,  Kammerer,  McAllister,  McDavid,  Major,  Mathudy,  Peck,  Wor- 
nell.  Leave  of  absence:  DeVilbiss. 

Not  voting:  Anderson,  Brown,  Ely,  Gilmore,  Grimes,  Hudson,  Humph¬ 
rey,  Kinney,  Mayer,  Pendergast. 

Roll  Call  on  Senate  Bill  152  in  the  House — Those  voting  for:  Aldrich, 
Barry,  Biggs  (St.  Louis),  Biggs  (Schuyler),  Botsford,  ©random,  Braswell, 
Brockus,  Brooks,  Butts,  Carter,  Catlin,  Chancellor,  Chilton  (Carter),  Christy, 
Clark,  Conner,  Conran,  Coon,  Cooper,  Crandell,  Crossley,  Dale  (Andrew), 
Dale  (Gentry),  Droste,  Duncan,  Embry,  Emerson,  Farris,  Frieze,  Gannaway, 
Gibson,  Glick,  Griffith,  Groff,  Haller,  Ham,  Hart,  Heathman,  Hesseltine,  Hill, 
Holcomb,  Houston,  Huck,  Inglish,  Johnson  (Chariton),  Johnston  (Pettis), 
Kimmet,  Kimrey,  Kirkpatrick,  Kobbe,  Letterman,  Lewis,  Linck,  Lucks,  Lump¬ 
kin,  Lyles,  McMurry,  Martin,  Meffert,  Miller  (Saline),  Moroney,  Morrison, 


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Muir,  Nelson  (Camden),  Nelson  (Cooper),  Norflept,  Noyes,  Oliver,  Ordelheide, 
Paul,  Pemberton,  Phillips  (Dallas),  Polk,  Porth,  Raney,  Raymond,  Roseberry, 
Schueddig,  Settle,  Sherman,  Shope,  Silver,  Sosey,  Speer,  Spence,  Stapel,  Stark, 
Stemmons,  Sweazea,  Thralls,  Traughber,  Trimble,  Tubbs,  Wade  (Greene).' 
Wade  (Scott),  Weber,  Whaley,. Willard,  Woods,  Young,  Mr.  Speaker. 

Leave  of  absence:  Brasfield,  Lemons,  Pumphrey,  Cross. 

Not  voting:  Banta,  Burch,  Busche,  Campbell,  Casey,  Chilton  (Madison), 
Cook,  Deal,  Depuy,  Ditzler,  Goshorn,  Gilbert,  Graham,  Hanson,  Cooper, 
Hughes,  Kiefner,  Kies,  McDermott,  Mahan,  Oregon,  Powell,  Roach,  Salts, 
Sartin,  Simmons,  Swiers,  Vitt,  Warner,  Whitaker,  Wilson,  Zepp. 

Ford  present  but  not  voting  on  these  measures. 

Total — Yes,  102;  not  voting,  39. 

SENATE  BILL  NO.  113  Introduced  by  Senator  Avery. 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  2866  of  chapter  17  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  state 
of  Missouri,  entitled  “Damages  and  contributions  in  actions  of  tort,” 
by  inserting  certain  new  words  in  line  three  thereof,  and  by  striking 
out  the  word  “five,”  in  line  4,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word 
“ten.” 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  section  2866  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  state  of 
Missouri,  1899,  of  chapter  17,  entitled  “Damages  and  contributions  in  ac¬ 
tions  of  tort,”  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  as  follows:  By  inserting 
after  the  figures  “2864,”  as  they  appear  in  line  3  of  said  section,  the  words 
/‘as  amended  by  the  laws  of  1895,  page  135,”  and  further,  by  striking  out 
*  the  word  “five,”  where  it  now  appears  in  line  4  of  said  section,  and  inserting 
in  lieu  thereof  the  word  “ten,”  so  that,  when  amended,  the  section  shall 
read  as  follows: 

Section  2866.  Damages  accruing  under  the  last  preceding  section  shall 
be  sued  for  and  recovered  by  the  same  parties  and  in  the  same  manner 
as  provided  in  section  2864,  as  amended  by  the  laws  of  1905,  page  135;  and 
in  every  such  action  the  jury  may  give  such  damages,  not  exceeding  ten 
thousand  dollars,  as  they  may  deem  fair  and  just,  with  reference  to  the 
necessary  injury  resulting  from  such  death,  to  the  surviving  parties  who  may 
be  entitled  to  sue,  and  also  having  regard  to  the  mitigating  and  aggravating 
circumstances  attending  such  wrongful  act,  neglect  or  default. 

Senate  Bill  113 — Those  voting  for:  Anthony,  Avery,  Bauman,  Bradley, 
Brown,  Buford,  Curry,  DeVilbiss,  Dorris,  Dowell,  Drunert,  Eads,  Ely,  Farris, 
Fields,  Gilmore,  Grimes,  Haymen,  Hudson,  McAllister,  McDavid,  Majors, 
Mayer,  Mathudy,  Peck,  Wornall.  Sick:  Conner. 

Not  voting:  Anderson,  Cooper,  Gardiner,  Humphrey,  Kammerer,  Kinney, 
Pendergast. 

Roll  Call  on  Senate  Bill  113  in  the  House — Those  voting  for:  Aldrich, 
Banta,  Barker,  Barry,  Biggs  (St.  Louis),  Botsford,  Brandom,  Brasfield,  Bras¬ 
well,  Brockus,  Brooks,  Burch,  Busche,  Butts,  Carter,  Catlin,  Chancellor,  Chil¬ 
ton  (Carter),  Chilton  (Madison),  Christy,  Clark,  Cook,  Coon,  Cooper,  Cran¬ 
dall,  Crossley,  Dale  (Gentry),  Deal,  Duncan,  Embry,  Emerson,  Ford,  Frieze, 
Gannaway,  Gibson,  Glick,  Graham,  Griffith,  Groff,  Ham,  Hanson,  Heathman, 
Hesseltine,  Hill,  Hopper,  Houston,  Huck,  Hughes,  Inglish,  Johnson  (Chari¬ 
ton),  Johnston  (Pettis),  Kiefner,  Kimmet,  Kimrey,  Kirkpatrick,  Letterman, 
Lewis,  Linck,  Lumpkin,  Lyles,  McMurry,  Martin,  Meffert,  Miller  (Saline), 
Moroney,  Morrison,  Muir,  Nelson  (Camden),  Nelson  (Cooper),  Norfleet,  Noyes, 
Oliver,  Paul,  Pemberton,  Phillips,  Dallas,  Pumphrey,  Polk,  Porth,  Powell, 
Raney,  Raymond,  Roseberry,  Salts,  Sartin,  Schuedigg,  Settle,  Sherman,  Shope,  + 
Silver,  Simmons,  Sosey,  Speer,  Stapel,  Stark,  Sweazea,  Thralls,  Traughber, 
Trimble,  Tubbs,  Vitt,  Wade  (Scott),  Warner,  Weber,  Whaley,  Whitaker, 
Wilson,  Woods,  Zepp,  Mr.  Speaker. 

Those  not  voting:  Biggs  (Schuyler),  Campbell,  Casey,  Conner,  Con¬ 

ran,  Cross,  Dale  (Andrew),  Ditzler,  Droste,  Farris,  Gilbert,  Haller,  Hart, 
Holcomb,  Kies,  Kobbe,  Lemon,  Lucks,  McDermott,  Miller  (St.  Louis),  Oregon, 
Phillips  (St.  Louis),  Roach,  Spence,  Stemmons,  Swiers,  Wade  (Greene), 
Willard,  Young.  ,  Those  voting  against:  Mahan,  Ordelheide. 

Total — Yes,  109;  No,  2. 


Legislative  Record. 


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Showing  How  Members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  the  44th  General  As¬ 
sembly  Voted  on  Measures  Supported  by  the  Joint  Labor 
*  Legislative  .Board. 

(On  many  labor  bills  Senators  and  Representatives  left  their  seats  in 
order  to  avoid  voting.  A  constitutional  requirement  is  that  a  majority  of 
members  of  each  House  must  vote  for  a  bill  before  it  is  declared  “passed.” 
Thus  an  absentee  is  against  the  bill,  and  those  recorded  as  absent  on  labor 
bills,  in  reality,  voted  against  the  bill  on  which  they  were  absent.) 


SENATE. 

Senate  Record  No.  1. — Anderson,  Peter,  (St.  Louis):  Voted  for  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant  bill,  voted  for  bill  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  voted  against 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  law,  and  voted  for  Tele¬ 
graphers  Eight-Hour  bill  on  final  passage,  voted  against  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum;  absent  on  Factory  Inspection,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Block¬ 
ing  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

Senate  Record  No.  2. — Anthony,  W.  H.,  (16th  District):  Voted  for  Fac¬ 
tory  Inspection  bill,  voted  for  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  voted  for  the  bill  on  final  passage,  voted  against  Labeling  Convict- 
Made  Goods,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Serv¬ 
ant  bill,  refused  to  vote  on  Prison  Investigation,  voted  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  absent  on 
Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  3. — Avery,  O.  H.,  (11th  District):  Voted  against 
twelve  hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted  for  the  bill 
on  final  passage,  for  the  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection, 
against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for 
Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Child  Labor,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  4. — Bauman,  E.  H.,  (St.  Louis) :  Absent  on  Telegra¬ 
phers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted  against  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory 
Inspection,  absent  on  bill  to  Label  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Prison  Investi¬ 
gation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child 
Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  5. — Bradley,  Jno.  L.,  (26th  District) :  Opposed  twelve- 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  for  Labeling 
Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  excused  from  voting  on 
Prison  Investigation  account  of  being  named  in  the  resolution  as  one  of  the 
Commission,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  6. — Brown,  Robt.  H.,  (17th  District):  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  against  Label¬ 
ing  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in. Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  not  voting  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  7. — Buford,  Carter  M.,  (24th  District) :  Voted  against 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  for  Label¬ 
ing  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 


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Senate  Record  No.  8. — Connor,  Thomas,  (28th  District):  Sick,  absent 
during  entire  session. 

Senate  Record  No.  9. — Cooper,  A.  L.,  (7th  District):  Absent  on  Telegra¬ 
phers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Fac-' 
tory  Inspection,  absent  on  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  voted  against  Min¬ 
ers’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  absent  with  leave  on  Prison  Investigation,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Child  Labor 
bill,  absent  on  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  ^ 
Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  10. — Curry,  George  R.,  (19th  District):  Voted  against 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  absent  on 
Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  present  but 
refused  to  vote  on  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  against  Scaffolding  bill, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  11. — DeVilbiss,  Frank,  (27th  District) :  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on 
final  passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  absent 
on  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for 
Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  absent  on  leave  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  12. — Dorris,  E.  P.,  (22nd  District) :  V^ted  for 

twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against  Factory  Inspection, 
against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for 
Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  against  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches 
aad  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  13. — Dowell,  E.  A.,  (12th  District) :  Proposed  and 
supported  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted 
for  bill  on  final  passage  as  amended,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against 
Factory  Inspection,  against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Aban¬ 
doned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  against  Scaffolding  bill,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  14. — Drunert,  A.  H.,  (10th  District) :  Voted  against 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Factory  Inspection,  and 
absent  on  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill, 
against  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned 
Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  15. — Eads,  Henry  L.,  (8th  District):  Voted  against 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  present  and  not  voting  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory 
Inspection,  for  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant 
bill,  excused  from  voting  on  Prison  Investigation  on  account  of  being  named 
in  the  resolution  as  one  of  the  Commission,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  against  Scaffolding  bill, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  16. — Ely,  Thomas  R.,  (21st  District) :  Present  and 
not  voting  on  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted 
for  the  bill  as  amended,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  avoided  voting  on 
Factory  Inspection,  against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Aban¬ 
doned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  absent  on  Scaffolding  bill,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  17. — Farris,  Joseph  W.,  (23rd  District):  Present  and 
not  voting  on  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted 
for  the  bill  on  final  passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against  Factory 


Inspection,  against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant 
bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned 
Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  JLabor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  18. — Fields,  Emmet  B.,  (6th  District) :  Present  and 
not  voting  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted  for  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum,  present  and  not  voting  on  Factory  Inspection,  against  Labeling  Con¬ 
vict-Made  Goods,  for  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Bar¬ 
kers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill, 
absent  on  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  19. — Gardner,  A.  JD.  L.,  (25th  District) :  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  and  for  bill  as 
amended,  against  Iinitiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  against 
Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for 
Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  20. — Gilmore,  Solon  T.,  (5th  District) :  Present  and 
not  voting  on  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted 
for  amended  bill,  present  not  voting  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  present 
and  not  voting  on  Factory  Inspection,  for  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods, 
against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  absent 
on  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  not  voting  on  Safety 
Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  21. — Grimes.  John  M..  (18th' District) :  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  fina 
passage,  against  the  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Factory  Inspec¬ 
tion,  absent  on  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-^rvan 
bill,  absent  on  Prison  Investigation,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on 
Glosing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill,  against 
Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  not  voting  on  Safety  Ap¬ 
pliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  22. — Hayman,  Frank  C.,  (15th  District):  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against  Factory  Inspection,  against 
Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison 
Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  23. — Hudson,  Fred  S.,  (4th  District) :  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against  Factory  Inspection,  for  La¬ 
beling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison  In¬ 
vestigation,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  against  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  not  voting  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  24. — Humphrey,  George  W.,  (9th  District) :  Voted 
for  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on 
final  passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Factory  Inspection, 
absent  on  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for 
Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  In 
Mines,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  not  voting  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  25. — Kammerer,  Arthur  E.,  (33rd  District) :  Voted 
for  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  and  for  bill  on 
final  passage,  against  the  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against  Factory  In¬ 
spection,  against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  against  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant  bill,  against  Prison  Investigation,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor,  for  Scaffolding  bill, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs. 


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Senate  Record  No.  26. — Kinney,  Thos.  E.,  (31st  District,  St.  Louis):  Pres¬ 
ent  and  not  voting  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  for  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  present  and  not  voting  on  Prison  Investigation, 
for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor, 
present  and  not  voting  on  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
not  voting  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  27. — McAlister,  Frank  W.,  (13th  District) :  Voted 
for  twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  and  for  bill  aS- 
amended,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  present  and  not  voting  on  Factory 
Inspection,  against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant 
bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned 
Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  present  and  not  voting  on  Scaffolding 
bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  28. — McDavid,  Frank  M.,  (20th  District) :  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on  final 
passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  for  Labeling 
Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  excused  from  voting 
on  Prison  Investigation  on  account  of  being  named  in  resolution  as  one  of 
the  Commission,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  29. — Major,  Sam  C.,  (14th  District):  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  for  bill  on 
final  passage,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Factory  Inspection, 
against  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow  Servant  bill,  for 
Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  30. — Mayer,  Charles  H.,  (2nd  District):  Absent  on 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  voted  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against 
Factory  Inspection,  for  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant  bill,  for  prison  Investigation,  present  and  not  voting  on  Barbers’* 
Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for 
Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches,  not  voting  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  31. — Methudy,  Adolph  E.,  (30th  District) :  Present 
but  not  voting  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum,  against  Factory  Inspection,  for  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding 
bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  32. — Peck,  Josiah  W.,  (1st  District) :  Voted  for 
twelve-hour  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  and  against  bill 
on  final  passage,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Factory 
Inspection,  for  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill, 
for  Prison  Investigation,  present  and  not  voting  on  Barbers’  Board,  for  Clos¬ 
ing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  present  and  not  voting  on  Scaffolding  bill, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  33. — Prendergrast,  Jeff  J.,  (32nd  District,  St.  Louis) : 
Present  and  not  voting  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum,  for  Factory  Inspection,  absent  on  Labeling  Convict- 
Made  Goods,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation, 
not  voting  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
Absent  on  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Scaffolding  bill,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  not  voting  on  Safety  Appliances. 

Senate  Record  No.  34. — Wornall,  Thomas  J.,  (3rd  District) :  Present 
and  not  voting  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Initiative  and  Referen¬ 
dum,  against  Factory  Inspection,  absent  on  Labeling  Convict-Made  Goods,  for 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Prison  Investigation,  not  voting  on  Barbers* 
Board,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Child  Labor  bill,  not  vot¬ 
ing  on  Scaffolding  bill,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances. 


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HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES. 

House  Record  No.  1. — Aldrich,  W.  W.,  (Worth) :  Voted  for  Telegraphers’ 
»  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  2. — Banta,  Cyrus  N.,  (Washington) :  Voted  for  Tel¬ 
egraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for 
Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  3. — Barker,  Jno.  Tr,  (Macon) :  Voted  for  Telegra¬ 
phers’  Eight-Hour,  sick  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  by  Senate,  sick  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  sick  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  sick  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  4. — Barry,  Joseph  F.,  (Ralls) :  Voted  for  Telegra¬ 
phers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on 
Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  the  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  5. — Biggs,  Austin  (District  1,  St.  Louis) :  Voted  for 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bii 
as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Ref^^ndurr^ 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  6 — Biggs,  Warren  C.,  (Schuyler) :  Voted  for  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 

Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 

endum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  7. — Botsford,  S.  E.,  (Knox) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  avoided  voting  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 

Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 

for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  8. — Brandom,  S.  W.,  (Davies) :  Absent  on  Telegra¬ 
phers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill 
as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  the  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  9. — Brasfield,  H.  R.,  (Putnam):  Voted  against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on 
Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  ror  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative 
and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  10. — Braswell,  T.  J.,  (Oregon) :  Absent  on  Telegra¬ 
phers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill 
as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Block¬ 
ing  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referen¬ 
dum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  11. — Brockus,  Daniel  T.,  (Polk) :  Voted  for  Telegra- 


pliers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing'  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Ref-  « 
erendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  12. — Brooks,  Floyd  W.,  (St.  Louis  County):  For 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for 
Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eighth 
Hour  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Ref¬ 
erendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  13. — Burch,  Walter,  (Audrian) :  Voted  against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  against  Telegraphers’  Eight  Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  14. — Busche,  Fred,  (4th  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  For  teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Iniative  and 
Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor.  •— 

House  Record  No.  15. — Butts,  William  H.,  (Laclede) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor. 

House  Record  No.  1G. — Campbell,  Steele,  (Greene) :  Voted  for  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on 
Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  absent  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms 
in  Mines,  absent  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  Safety  Appliances, 
absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  17. — Carter,  Chas.  F.,  (Clark) :  Voted  against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against 
Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  18. — Casey,  Michael,  (4th  Dist.  Jackson) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,-  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent 
on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms 
in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances, 
absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  19. — Catlin,  T.  E.,  (6th  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  Voted  against 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for 
Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
absent  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  20. — Chancellor,  LI.  C.  (Barton)  :  Avoiding  voting  on 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against 
Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill 
as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  21. — Chilton,  S.  (Carter)  :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  for  abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  as  amended  by  Senate, 


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for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

»  House  Record  No.  22. — Chelton,  Joseph  F.  (Miadison) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
pitches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  23. — Christie,  Joseph  H.  (Lafayette) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for 
Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Ref¬ 
erendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  24. — Clark,  Samuel  F.  (2nd  Dist.  Jasper)  :  Voted  for 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  25. — Connors,  W.  S.  (Buchanan,  3rd  Dist.):  For 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System, 
foi  Barbers’  Board,  avoided  voting  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned 
Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for 
Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  26. — Conran,  M.  J.  (New  Madrid):  Absent  on  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on 
Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Block¬ 
ing  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  27. — Cook,  T.  B.  (Ray) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent 
on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  28. — Coon,  J.  D.  (Mercer) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board, 
against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  29. — Cooper,  T.  W.  (Bolinger)  :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board, 
against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  against  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for 
Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  30. — Crandall,  U.  G.  (2nd  Dist.  Buchanan)  :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill 
as  amended  by  the  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  the  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  31. — Cross,  P.  T.  (Clinton) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight 
Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 


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House  Record  No.  32. — Crossley,  Wallace  (Johnson) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Bight-Hour,  against  abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Miners  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  im> 
Senate,  for  Closing  abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  against  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  33. — Dale,  Wm.  (Andrew) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eigh*.~ 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board, 
against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amend¬ 
ed  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  against  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  34. — Dale,  John  A.  (Gentry) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  absent  on  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Min¬ 
ers’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate, 
absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  35. — Deal,  E.  P.  (Mississippi):  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  against  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referen¬ 
dum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  36. — Ditzler,  Martin  E.  (2nd  Dist.  Jackson) :  Against 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System, 
absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’ 
EighLHour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  against  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  against  Safety  Appliances,  for 
Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  37. — Droste,  H.  F.  (4th  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  38. — Duncan,  J.  J.  (Lincoln) :  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  against  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  39. — Embry,  R.  M.  (Moniteau) :  Absent  on  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Labor  System,  against 
Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  . 
against  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative 
and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  40. — Emerson,  Theodore  (Clay) :  Against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  41. — Farris,  F.  H.  (Crawford):  Voted  against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against 
*  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
against  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  against  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  42. — Ford,  J.  E.  (Grundy):  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Labor  Leading  System,,  against  Barbers’ 


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Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  against 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  avoided  voting  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent 
#on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  43. — Frieze,  E.  (Dade) :  Against  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers'  Board,  absent 
on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight  Hour  bill  as  amended  in 
Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
i^rogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  44. — Gannaway,  T.  B.  (Monroe)  :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  45. — Gibson,  W.  E.  (Jefferson):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  46. — Gilbert,  J.  W.  (Barry) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on 
Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms 
in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  against  Safety  Appliances,  ab¬ 
sent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  47. — Glick,  G.  W.  (Holt) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  48. — Goshorn,  W.  C.  (Montgomery) :  Absent  on  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  ab¬ 
sent  on  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms 
in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appli¬ 
ances,  against  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  49. — Graham,  G.  T.  (Douglas) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’ 
Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  against  Safety  Appliances,  absent  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  50. — Griffith,  L.  M.  (Bates) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board, 
‘absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amend¬ 
ed  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  51. — Groff,  W.  M.  (5th  Dist.  Jackson) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  avoided  voting  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  52. — Haller,  W.  A.  (5th  Dist.  St.  Louis):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  Blocking 


Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  53. — Ham,  T.  H.  (Dunklin) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’*? 
Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for-. 
Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill.  ^ 

House  Record  No.  54. — Hanson,  R.  H.  (Wright) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  55. — Hart,  E.  L.  (1st  Dist.  Buchanan):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’ 
Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Ref¬ 
erendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  56. — Heathman,  W.  T.  (Randolph) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  57. — Hesseltine,  F.  J.  (Harrison) :  Against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for 
Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initia¬ 
tive  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  58. — Hill,  D.  W.  (Butler) :  Sick,  absent  with  leave 
on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System, 
for  Barbers’  Board,  avoided  voting  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms 
in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Ini¬ 
tiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  59. — Holcomb,  N.  R.  (1st  Dist.  Jackson) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Ref¬ 
erendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  60. — Hopper,  J.  W.  (Lawrence):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  61. — Houston,  W.  P.  (Cass) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  against  abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  board, 
for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in 
Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on 
Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  62. — Huck,  P.  H.  (St.  Genevieve):  Avoided  voting  on 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent 
on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in 
Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative 
and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 


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House  Record  No.  63. — Hughes,  D.  A.  (Callaway) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in 
#  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
s  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  64. — Inglish,  S.  R.  (Miller) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
^lour  bill,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  against  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  65. — Johnson,  A.  W.  (Chariton) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  66. — Johnston,  E.  E.  (Pettis) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  67. — Kiefner,  C.  E.  (Perry):  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  ab¬ 
sent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Block¬ 
ing  Switches  and  Frogs,  against  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  68. — Kies,  F.  E.  (Cape  Girardeau)  :  Against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System, 
against  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned 
Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  Safety  Appliances, 
for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  69. — Kimmet,  J.  H.  (DeKalb) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amended 
in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  70. — Kimrey,  L.  N.  (Texas) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board, 
absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as  amend¬ 
ed  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  71. — Kirkpatrick,  J.  W.  D.  (Cedar) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against 
Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
against  Blocking  of  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on 
Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  72. — Kobbe,  John  (Sullivan):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’ 
Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour 
bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Block¬ 
ing  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Ref¬ 
erendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bills. 

House  Record  No.  73. — Lemon,  J.  H.  (Nodaway):  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers' 


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Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referen¬ 
dum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  74. — Letterman,  P.  F.  (Maries) :  For  telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’ 
Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill  as 
amended  in  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking* 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  75. — Lewis,  W.  H.  (St.  Francis) :  Voted  for  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Telegraphers’  bill  with  Senate  amendments, 
for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  76. — Linck,  A.  (2nd  Dist.  St.  Louis):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Senate  Amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  for  Abolish¬ 
ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  77. — Lucks,  R.  (3rd  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  Absent  on 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour,  absent  on  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’ 
bill,  *  absent  on  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  bill,  absent 
Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  78. — Lumpkin,  W.  A.  (Pulaski) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  absent  on 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  of 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  79. — Lyles,  P.  L.  (Shannon):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  against  Abolish¬ 
ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  for  the  Miners’  Fel¬ 
low-Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Frogs 
and  Switches,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  80. — McDermott,  J.  J.  (3rd  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  Absent 
on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Senate  amendment  to  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  bill,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant;  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms 
in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  Safety  Appliances, 
for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  81. — McMurray,  W.  M.  (Scotland):  Against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour,  for  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  against 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  82. — Mahan,  W.  M.  (Ozark):  Absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  for 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  absent  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking- 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and 
Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  83. — Martin,  G.  W.  (Linn):  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendments  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  for  Abolishing  Con¬ 
vict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  84. — Meffert,  H.  B.  (Caldwell) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  for  Abolish- 


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ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Ser¬ 
vant,  for  closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

*  House  Record  No.  85.— Miller,  J.  F.  (1st.  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  Against 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendment  to  bill,  absent  on 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on 

’  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for 
Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and 
“Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  86. — Miller,  J.  G.  (Saline):  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
•  Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  against  Abolishing 
Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
v  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 

•  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  87. — Moroney,  J.  (3rd.  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  Against 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  bill  with  Senate  amendment,  ab¬ 
sent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent 
on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines, 
for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Ini¬ 
tiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  88. — Morrison,  J.  O.  (Vernon) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  Senate  amendment  to  Telegraphers’  bill,  against  Abolish¬ 
ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  89. — Muir,  J.  T.  (Lewis) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing 
System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Aban¬ 
doned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appli¬ 
ances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  90. — Nelson,  O.  A.  (Camden) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Ser-vant,  for  Clos¬ 
ing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  91. — Nelson,  W.  L.  (Cooper):  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leas¬ 
ing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  92.— Norfleet,  R.  A.  (Morgan) :  For  Telegraphers' 
Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  93. — Noyes,  E.  L.  (6th.  Dist.  Jackson):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill'  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Con¬ 
vict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor 
bill. 

m.  House  Record  No.  94. — Oliver,  A.  L.  (Pemiscott) ;  Against  Telegraphers’ 

Eight-Hour,  against  bill  as  Amended  by  Senate,  absent  on  Abolishing 
*  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 

for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
^  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 

Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  95. — Ordelheide,  F.  A.  (Warren):  Against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolish- 


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ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for 
Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  96. — Organ,  J.  E.  (Dent):  Sick  during  all  of  the*! 
session. 

House  Record  No.  97. — Paul,  J.  M.  (McDonald):  Against  Telegraphers1. 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  fC  * 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  *■ 

bill.  *  * 

House  Record  No.  98. — Pemberton,  M.  H.  (Boone)  :  For  Telegraphers’  ^ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 

Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  99. — Phillips,  I.  (Dallas) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing 
System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 

Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  100. — Phillips,  O.  C.  (5th  Dist.  St.  Louis):  Absent 
on  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Refer¬ 
endum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  101. — Pumphrey,  E.  E.  (Platte) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  ab¬ 
sent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  102. — Polk,  C.  H.  (Iron):  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing 
System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Aban¬ 
doned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Ap¬ 
pliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  103. — Porth,  J.  P.  (Cole) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing 
System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  on  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  104. — Powell,  T.  S.  (Stone):  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leas¬ 
ing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent  on 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  absent 
on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  105. — Raney,  J.  C.  (Livingston) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill.  r 

House  Record  No.  106. — Raymond,  T.  D.  (Howell):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  % 

Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  i? 

for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  107. — Roach,  J.  (Jasper,  3rd  Dist.):  For  Telegraphers’ 


Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 

bill. 

*  House  Record  No.  108. — Roseberry,  E.  M.  (Newton) :  For  Telegraphers’ 

*  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners'  Fellow-Servant,  for 

Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  109. — Salts,  W.  J.  (Phelps)  :  For  Telegraphers’ 

Eight  hour,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  sick  on  Abolishing  Convict  Leas¬ 
ing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent 
on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  sick  on  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  sick  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  110. — Sartin,  J.  A.  (Benton):  For  Telegraphers’ 

Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict 

Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 

for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  111. — Schueddig,  C.  (2nd  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  For 

Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  absent  on 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’ 
Fellow-Servant,  absent  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referen¬ 
dum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  112. — Settle,  W.  A.  (Wayne) :  For  Telegraphers’ 

Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict 

Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 

Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  113. — Sherman,  W.  H.  (4th  Dist.  Buchanan) :  For 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolish¬ 
ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  114. — Shope,  W.  A.  (3rd  Dist.  Jackson) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing 
Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Ser¬ 
vant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  on  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for 
Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  115. — Silver,  R.  D.  (St.  Charles):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leas¬ 
ing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 

*  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  against  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  116. — Simmons,  W.  J.  (Shelby):  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  against 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
against  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  117 — Sosey,  F.  H.  (Marion) :  Absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Initiative 
and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill,  for  Safety  Appliances. 

House  Record  No.  118. — Speer,  A.  A.  (Osage)  :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict 


Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  119. — Spence,  K.  C.  (Stoddard):  Against  Teleg-^ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against. 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow^. 
Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frofs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  ChiX,’ 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  120. — Stapel,  H.  F.  (Atchison) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  121. — Stark,  J.  O.  (Pike) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing 
System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Aban¬ 
doned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appli¬ 
ances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  122. — Stemmons,  A.  C.  (1st  Dist.  Jasper):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing 
Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  123. — Sweazea,  T.  J.  (Reynolds) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  124. — Swiers,  J.  D.  (Christian) :  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leas¬ 
ing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
absent  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  against  Child 
Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  125. — Thralls,  M.  V.  (Henry) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  absent  on  Abolishing  Con¬ 
vict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  absent 
on  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  126. — Traughber,  V.  S.  (Carroll) :  Against  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing 
Convict  Leasing  System,  absent  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 
for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill* 

House  Record  No.  127. — Trimble,  S.  C.  (Webster) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  128. — Tubbs,  A.  (Gasconade) :  For  Telegraphers’  Eight- 
Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing 
System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing 
Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

tiiause  Record  No.  129. — Vitt,  A.  A.  (Franklin) :  Against  Telegraphers’ 
'ight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  absent  on  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 
absent  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  In  Mines,  absent  Blocking  Switches  and 


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Frogs,  absent  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  ab¬ 
sent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  130. — Wade,  W.  H.  (2nd  Dist.  Greene):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Con¬ 
vict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow- 
fServant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  Blocking  Switches 
and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  ab- 
•Sint  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  131. — Wade,  S.  J.  (Scott):  Absent  on  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  132. — Warner,  F.  B.  (1st  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  For 
Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  absent  on 
Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’ 
Fellow  Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referen¬ 
dum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  133. — Weber,  J.  G.  (1st  Dist.  St.  Louis):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  in  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Con¬ 
vict  Leasing  System,  absent  on  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Ser¬ 
vant,  absent  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent 
on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  134. — Whaley,  N.  C.  (St.  Clair) :  Absent  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolish-,- 
ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  against  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and 
Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  135. — Whitaker,  J.  (Hickory) :  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing  Convict 
Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
absent  on  Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  absent 
on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  136. — Willard,  C.  A.  (6th  Dist.  St.  Louis):  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Con¬ 
vict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for 
Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for 
Safety  Appliances,  absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor 
bill. 

House  Record  No.  137. — Wilson,  G.  H.  (4th  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  For  Teleg¬ 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolish¬ 
ing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow- 
Servant,  absent  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  absent  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  absent  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum, 
absent  on  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  138. — Woods,  J.  A.  (Howard) :  For  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  absent  on  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  against  Abolishing 
Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Closing  Abandoned 
Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances, 
absent  on  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  139.— Young,  F.  P.  (Adair) :  Against  Telegraphers’ 
Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing  Convict  Leas¬ 
ing  System,  absent  Barbers’  Board,  absent  Miners’  Fellow-Servant,  for  Clos¬ 
ing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety 
Appliances,  against  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  Labor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  140. — Zepp,  L.  F.  (2nd  Dist.  St.  Louis) :  Against 
Telegraphers  Eight-Hour  bill,  for  bill  as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Abolishing 
Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Barbers’  Board,  against  Miners’  Fellow-Servant, 


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for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking  Switches  and  Frogs, 
absent  Safety  Appliances,  against  Initiative  and  Referendum,  for  Child  La¬ 
bor  bill. 

House  Record  No.  141. — Atkinson,  John  M.  (Ripley) :  Voted  for  Teleg* 
raphers’  Eight-Hour  bill,  against  Abolishing  Convict  Leasing  System,  for  Bar¬ 
bers’  Board,  for  Miners’  Fellow-Servant  bill,  for  Telegraphers’  Eight-Hour  bill 
as  amended  by  Senate,  for  Closing  Abandoned  Rooms  in  Mines,  for  Blocking 
Switches  and  Frogs,  for  Safety  Appliances,  for  Initiative  and  Referendum?,, 
for  Child  Labor  bill. 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  JOINT  LABOR  LEGISLATIVE  BOARD 
OF  THE  STATE  OF  MISSOURI. 


Thomas  J.  Sheridan . State  Federation  of  Labor,  Joplin 

H.  W.  Steinbiss . International  Building  Trades  Council,  St.  Louis  | 

W.  M.  Holman . Order  Railroad  Telegraphers,  St.  Louis 

J.  H.  George . Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen,  Marceline  Mi 

Charles  W.  Fear . Missouri  Federation  of  Labor,  Kansas  City  ; 

Charles  G.  Kelso . Order  of  Railroad  Telegraphers,  Springfield 

J.  P.  Leach . . . Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen,  Laredo 

Al.  G.  Roberts . . Missouri  Federation  of  Labor,  St.  Joseph  M 

George  Manuel . United  Mine  Workers  of  America,  Moberly 

J.  W.  Burch . . . Order  of  Railroad  Telegraphers,  St.  Louis 

Elmer  E.  Johnson . Missouri  Federation  of  Labor,  St.  Louis 

F.  O.  Williams . United  Mine  Workers  of  America,  RichmondS#; ;| 

Jas.  B.  Finnan . Order  of  Railroad  Telegra  phers,  St.  Louis  . 

Collis  Lovely . International  Boot  and  Shoe  Workers’  Union,  St.  Louis  ’ 

George  Colville . . . United  Mine  Workers  of  America,  Moberly 

H.  Wedermeyer . Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen,  St.  Louis 

J.  E.  McQuade . . Order  Railroad  Telegraphers,  Springfield 

A.  C.  Thompson . . .  United  Garment  Workers  of  America,  St.  Louis 

Harry  Williams .  United  Mine  Workers  of  America,  Richmond 

C.  W.  Frazee . Barbers’  International  Union,  St.  Louis 


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Fratcher  Printing  Co. 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 


